
Chapter 2. Hardware Storage Components
This chapter is intended to overview the capabilities and functions of the
hardware storage devices available to AIX. This will help to provide a context for
understanding more clearly the rationale behind some of the storage
management policies and the options and features of storage management
software, as well as enabling more informed decisions to be made when
selecting hardware devices.
2.1 Selecting the Hardware Components
Selection of the components that will make up the storage subsystem ranges
from very easy to being a complex trade-off. First of all, the application
requirements need to be considered in ...