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Storage 911: How to troubleshoot your storage

Our emergency guide takes you through the steps you can take to prevent disaster, and then, more importantly, offers an organized list of usual suspects, from the complex to the deceptively simple.

Published: 06 Jun 2005

An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but pithy aphorisms aren't much use once your SAN has ground to a halt. Our emergency guide takes you through the steps you can take to prevent disaster, and then, more importantly, offers an organized list of usual suspects, from the complex to the deceptively simple. Wondering what ails your storage? We've got the Rx. Take a moment to e-mail us to let us know what other guides you'd like to see on SearchStorage.com.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Avoiding disaster: Documentation and Planning
   Avoiding disaster: Monitoring Tools
   After the disaster: Identifying Bottlenecks
   After the disaster: Switches
   After the disaster: Host Bus Adapters
   After the disaster: Hardware
   After the disaster: Backups
   After the disaster: Cabling Goofups and other Snafus
   More Information

  Documentation  Return to Table of Contents

  Monitoring Tools  Return to Table of Contents

  Identifying Bottlenecks  Return to Table of Contents

  Switches  Return to Table of Contents

  Host Bus Adapters  Return to Table of Contents

  Hardware  Return to Table of Contents

  Backups  Return to Table of Contents

  Cabling Goofups and other Snafus  Return to Table of Contents

  For More Information  Return to Table of Contents

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