Storage Management Overview; Storage Management Elements; Storage Process Management Example - HP AK373A - StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System 1200r 5.4TB SAS Model NAS Server User Manual

3 Storage management overview

This chapter provides an overview of some of the components that make up the storage structure of
the HP All-in-One Storage System.

Storage management elements

Storage is divided into four major divisions:
• Physical storage elements
• Logical storage elements
• File system elements
• File sharing elements
Each of these elements is composed of the previous level's elements.

Storage process management example

Figure 12 depicts many of the storage elements that one would find on a storage device. The following
sections provide an overview of the storage elements.
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