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SAN (storage are networks)?
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SAN = Storage Area Network
In my opinion, a SAN requires more than one system to be connected to the Storage Array. Yes it involves setting up RAID disks (and a lot of other things) but raid manager and a1000 experience is probably not really SAN Experience.
I hope that helps.
Mike
In my opinion, a SAN requires more than one system to be connected to the Storage Array. Yes it involves setting up RAID disks (and a lot of other things) but raid manager and a1000 experience is probably not really SAN Experience.
I hope that helps.
Mike
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No, the A1000 and RAID are not SAN experience. SAN experience would be Hitachi, EMC, or IBM SHARK. You have Brocade (among other) switches and can connect through the fabric. There is multipathing involved too, potentially. Plus you have zones and LUN masking. EMC has CLARiiON and Symmetrix disk. There is also SRDF and BCVs that can be used for data protection and HA.
It can be fairly complex and is a good investment to know. It seems there are few that even understand it. At my present job there is a guy (Linux Admin) who has worked on Linux since it came out but never in that time has he ever done anything with SAN storage. That is unbelievable to me, but there are many, many like him. He has also never worked with any DB2 or Oracle databases or a Java Application Server like BEA Weblogic or IBM WebSphere.
The more you know these apps and work with them the more job opportunities you will have. I have Weblogic, WebSphere, DB2, and SAN experience as well as over 10 years of Unix experience. I just always assumed anyone working for large companies had that experience, but they don't. It is rare.
So get the experience if you can. Then you will be more valuable to future employers. It has done me very well.
It can be fairly complex and is a good investment to know. It seems there are few that even understand it. At my present job there is a guy (Linux Admin) who has worked on Linux since it came out but never in that time has he ever done anything with SAN storage. That is unbelievable to me, but there are many, many like him. He has also never worked with any DB2 or Oracle databases or a Java Application Server like BEA Weblogic or IBM WebSphere.
The more you know these apps and work with them the more job opportunities you will have. I have Weblogic, WebSphere, DB2, and SAN experience as well as over 10 years of Unix experience. I just always assumed anyone working for large companies had that experience, but they don't. It is rare.
So get the experience if you can. Then you will be more valuable to future employers. It has done me very well.
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i hate to admit it, but i wish i did not leave my previous company. unfortunately, the company i'm working for now, is very small and they do not invest much on technology and training. i was surprised because they are an internet company.
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