Chapter: Storage Technologies
From Computing Project Repository
Storage: Technologies and Best Practices
Introduction: A Brief Historical Perspective
Computing Without Permanent Storage
Current Storage Technologies
A Generalized I/O Subsystem
Buses: PATA, SATA, SCSI
Controller and Disk Technology
RAID
NATs
SANs
Storage in Use
File Systems
Network I/O Considerations
I/O Performance
Data Access Patterns
Data Placement