© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Section 2 – Storage Systems Architecture Introduction

© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Systems Architecture - Introduction - 2 Section Objectives Upon completion of this Section, you will be able to:  Describe the host environment.  Describe common connectivity components and protocols.  Describe features of intelligent disk subsystems.  Describe data flow from the host to/from the disk.

© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Systems Architecture - Introduction - 3 In this Section … This section contains the following modules: 1.The Host Environment 2.Connectivity 3.Physical Disks 4.RAID Arrays 5.Storage Systems

© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Systems Architecture - Introduction - 4 Storage System Environment

© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Systems Architecture - Introduction - 5 Parts of a Storage Environment: Host

© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Systems Architecture - Introduction - 6 Parts of a Storage Environment: Connectivity

© 2006 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Systems Architecture - Introduction - 7 Parts of a Storage Environment: Storage