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wildchild
Asked: 2010-03-27 22:42:52 +0800 CST

Storage product testing

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I know this is out of place (being an active member here I am coming for the help from seniors), but I need some information regarding storage testing, testing of RAID arrays, SCSI, SAS, SATA and also test carried out on fabric manager (Cisco MDS series switches).

I am aware that this is an administrative forum and I would really appreciate if you could direct me to the correct forum ar links where i can learn things.

@ moderators - Sorry for posting at the wrong place, I would be deleting this as soon as I get the help.

Thanks!

testing storage-area-network storage

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    Actually I'm a system designer not an admin so I feel I can help - what aspects of testing are you talking about? Functional testing? Performance? Failover?

    Every time we build a new SAN we test failover of every component before we go live by literally pulling cables, obviously we also ensure it works in relation to the design too. For performance we generally use IOZone, initially for baselining then later for concurrancy testing. That said we're pretty lucky that we've used our basic SAN components (MDS's, HP XP/EVA, HDS, NetApps and Emulex cards) for many years so are pretty confident with those parts. What's your objective?

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