IBM System Storage N series Software Guide

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SnapDrive

This chapter provides an overview of SnapDrive, which provides storage virtualization of IBM System Storage N series volumes and Snapshot backup and restore operations over iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FCP) transport protocols.

The following topics are covered:

•Challenges

•SnapDrive overview

•SnapDrive integration with the host operating system

•Snapshots using SnapDrive

•SnapDrive for Windows

•SnapDrive for UNIX

•Flexible networked storage

•Summary

30.1 Challenges

Today’s enterprise IT administrator is challenged to provision storage ...

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