HP ProLiant ML310 G3 - Storage Management Overview; Storage Management Elements; Storage Management Example; 4 Storage Management Overview

4 Stora ge management overview
This chapter provides an overview of some of the components that make up the storage structure of
theHPProLiantDataProtectionStorageServer.
Storage management elements
Storage is divided into four major divisions:
• Physical storage elements
• Logical stora
ge elements
• File system elements
• File sharing elements
Each of these elements is composed of the previous level’s elements.
Storage management example
Figure 10 depicts many of the storage elements that one would find on a storage device. The following
sections provide an overv iew of the storage elements.
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