What is a LUN and why do we need storage LUNs? In terms of LUN management, the LUN can either be configured as a small ‘slice’ of the total usable capacity of the RAID group, or configured to use the total space available within that RAID
Storage 101: How to create, share and manage a LUN in SAN storage LUN masking can be done at the array by reference to a port, where disks accessed will be seen by servers that access the port Or it can be done at the server, which can be configured to see only
LUN storage and its role in SAN management - Computer Weekly LUN management tools should be selected so they support the whole storage provisioning process, including mapping to specific array ports, masking specific host bus adapters (HBAs), reporting
What is the difference between LVM and LUN - Server Fault A LUN is generally a disk array level reference to an amount of raw disk space that's been formatted and allocated to a specific server or group of servers It might be spread out over multiple physical disks, but will be presented by the disk array as a single "logical" drive to the target server
Whats the difference between a LUN and a Volume? Yes A LUN is a logical volume from the point of view of the storage From the client point of view the LUN it is a disc volume that can be partitioned Volume is a generic term It means a contiguous storage area This means that you might need to partition it and that you might also need to create a filesystem
Virtualisation and the LUN: Storage configuration for VMs Providing storage in a physical environment required storage administrators to match LUN storage partitions to the performance and availability characteristics needed for each server But with the
What is the difference between LUN and array ? Arent they same? A LUN (Logical Unit Number) is a number used to uniquely identify any device that is attached to a SCSI device chain, or anything that emulates a SCSI device chain Some devices that could be attached to a device chain and would be assigned a LUN include: A single hard disk An array of hard disks A tape drive A CD-ROM drive
Logical Unit Number (LUN) - Computer Weekly Logical Unit Number (LUN) ist eine eindeutige Kennung für die Differenzierung von Geräten Diese lassen sich so per SCSI-, iSCSI- oder Fibre-Channel- (FC-) Protokoll ansprechen