Storage Performance 101

Storage is constantly evolving, and performance tuning with it. Tuning storage for the best performance was never easy, some tricks have gone extinct made unnecessary by new technology, some have never gone away, and others have emerged only with the latest technology. This tutorial will provide an understanding of storage array performance tuning today to pass on the latest techniques to the next generation of storage administrators. There are aspects of storage performance every administrator should know to speak effectively to vendors and users. Some shops are driving their storage to the limit while others have storage essentially idling away - knowing the difference can help you know when to stand pat or when to tune your storage performance.

Learning Objectives

Understand storage array performance, publicly available performance benchmarks, and techniques to tune storage subsystems.
How to buy and configure high performing storage without spending a fortune.
How to monitor your storage to maintain peak performance.