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Acronyms Flashcards

Memorize Storage Acronyms

1
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SCSI

A

Small Computer System Interface

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SAS

A

Serial Attached SCSI

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3
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TCO

A

Total Cost of Ownership

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SFP

A

Small Form-Factor Pluggable Transceiver

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5
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Latency

A

Time it takes to complete a task

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6
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Scale Up

A

Upgrade controllers as needed to grow

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7
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Scale Out

A

Add additional disk shelves

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8
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RMA

A

Return Material Authorization

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9
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iSCSI

A

NAS over ethernet

Cheap alternative to FC

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10
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HBA

A

Host Bus Adapter

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SATA

A

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

Larger but slower drives usually 7.2k

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12
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CIFS

A

Common Internet File System Protocol (Windows & Mac)

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13
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NFS

A

Network File System Protocol (UNIX/SUN)

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14
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LUN

A

Logical Unit Number (4k blocks for NetApp)

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15
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WORM

A

Write Once Read Many

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16
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SAN

A

Storage Area Network
Consolidated Block level storage
(No file abstraction/File Repository)

17
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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Independent Disk

18
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RAID-DP

A

Proprietary RAID-6 that provides Dual Disk Protection

19
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Volume

A

Cluster of LUN storage blocks

20
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Utility Computing

A

With cloud service you only pay for what you use

21
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DAS

A

Direct Attached Storage

Affordable storage devices for localized storage environments

22
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NAS

A

Network Attached Storage

Data Storage connected to a network providing access to a heterogeneous group of clients

23
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WAFL

A

Write Anywhere File Layout

Keeps track of where all LUN blocks are stored in volumes

24
Q

Share

A

CIFS storage block (Windows)

25
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QTree

A

NetApps Active Directory - A gateway for all authorized data

26
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Thin Provisioning

A

Allocates unused data where it needs to be for optimal data storage efficiency

27
Q

SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

28
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HA System

A

High Availability System (minimal downtime)

29
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Multi-Tennancy

A

Secure pipeline for different users within a shared data pool

30
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Deduplication

A

Removes redundant blocks which will reduce the amount of storage you have to maintain in a data pool

31
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NRD

A

Non Returnable Disk Drives

32
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VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

33
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NDU

A

Non Disruptive Upgrade

34
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IOPS

A

Input/Output Per Second

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