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In SMI-S 1.1.0, several Profiles are defined for managing storage devices on a Storage Area Network (SAN). Each Profile is focused on a different aspect of storage device management. These devices are:

  • Array - allows a Client to manage an external RAID array or disk storage system
  • Volume Management  - allows a Client to manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes.
  • NAS Head - allows a Client to manage a Network Attached Storage system that exposes logical storage capacity such as filesystems but gets its actual capacity from external SAN storage resources
  • Self-contained NAS System - allows a Client to manage a Network Attached Storage system that exposes logical storage capacity such as filesystems but gets its actual capacity from local storage that must also be managed
  • Storage Library - allows a Client to manage a storage system that has mechanisms for retrieving data from different physical forms of storage media
  • Storage Virtualizer - allows a Client to manage a storage system that does not directly include any local storage.

 

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