Terminology Used In This Document - Dell PowerVault MD3000i Bedienungsanleitung

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Terminology Used in this Document

This document uses the terms logical unit number (LUN) and virtual disk.
These terms are synonymous and can be used interchangeably. The term
LUN is commonly used in a Dell/EMC Fibre Channel storage system
environment and virtual disk is commonly used in a Dell PowerVault™ SAS
or iSCSI (Dell MD3000 and Dell MD3000i with MD1000 expansion)
storage environment.
Dell EqualLogic™ PS series storage arrays include storage virtualization
technology. To better understand how these arrays operate, it is helpful to be
familiar with some of the terminology used to describe these arrays and their
functions:
• Member — A single PS series array is known as a member.
• Group — A set of one or more members that can be centrally managed.
Host servers access the data through a single group IP address.
• Pool — A RAID that can consist of the disks from one or more members.
• Volume — A LUN or virtual disk that represents a subset of the capacity of
a pool.
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