PlentyStorage.com

Storage Software Knowledge Domain

• File System: EXT2/3/4, XFS, ZFS, JFS, ACL/Quota, Size-Expanding/Shrinking
• Backup: Local, Remote Backup, Distributed Backup
• Snapshot: Compact(CoW) Snapshot, Mirror Snapshot
• Virtualization: Thin Provisioning
• NAS: NFS, SAMAB/CIFS, NetaTalk, FTP, Web-GUI
• Metadata: SNIA
• SAS/SATA: SAS 12Gb, SAS 6Gb, SATA 6Gb, SATA 3Gb, SATA 1.5Gb, eSATA
• iSCSI/FCoE: LIO vs iSCSI-SCST, 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 10Gb, 40Gb
• Fiber Channel: 16Gb, 8Gb, 4Gb, 1Gb
• PCIe/Thunderbolt
• USB2/USB3/USB3.1+
• Wireless: LTE 4G, WiMax, Wifi(5Gen)
• API/CLI/GUI: InBand, OO-Band, RESTful
• RAID Stack: RAID0, RAID 10, RAID1, RAID3, RAID5, RAID6, RAID TP(Triple Parities), RAID 30/50/60/TP, RAID 13/15/16/1TP
• RAID stack: Dynamic/Multiple Parities (RDMP)
• RAID Tasks: Rebuild, Hotswap, Reconfig(Size Expand/Shrink, Level Migration, Slot Expand, Defragment), Parities Check/Regen
• RAID Roaming: Disk Roaming, Array Romaing, Controller Roaming
• Storage Recovery: Array-Reassemble, Disk Byte-to-Byte Clone
• Storage Environment Control: Power, Fan, Temperature, UPS, LCD/LED, Beeper, Battery, Chassis
• Storage Management: Statistics, Event, Notificatoin(Mail, IM, Social Media push, Mobile)
• Stack Offload Engine or Accelerating Engine: Intel IOAT-DMA(CBDMA), ADMA, AMCC-ADG/EDMA/I2ODMA
• Storage Integrity Test (Data Integrity) and Debug
• Storage Performance Test and Tuning
• Storage Functional/Stress Test (Storage Robustness)
• Certification: VMWare, Microsoft(WHQL), RedHat/Oracle, ...
• Compatibility: Disk Compatibility, Ethernet Switch Compatibility, Fiber Switch Compatibility, OS Compatibility
• Crash Protection: Write Log, Battery Backup Module (BBM, or Cache-Backup Module)
• Redundant RAID Controllers: Active-Backup, Active-Passive, Active-Active, Dual-Independent
  • Failover / Failback: Cache Sync, Transaction, Cache Restore
  • Controller Hotswap
  • High Availability: Failover performance tuning
• SSD: Flash-based SSD(NAND/NOR), DDR3-based SSD, DDR4-based SSD, Hybrid Storage, NVDIMM
• Open Platform Application: Gallery, P2P Software, BitCoin, Blog, Social-Connection, Online-Image editor ...
• Data Security: Seagate SED, Encryption(HW or SW), SSL, TPM, AntiVirus
• Data Compression: deflate(HW or SW), Deduction
• BIOS/UEFI/Bootloader: Boot-able Storage, F/W Layout Storage, Dual BIOS(Flash)
• Multiple Core I/O processor: Independent MP(e.g. IOP348) or Partial-SMP or Full-SMP
• Integration: Field Application like Video/Audio Streaming, Web, CDN, Database, File Servers, Post-Production,
• Integration: Heterogeneous System/OS/Storage Integration
• Obsolete: PATA/IDE, SCSI U320/U160, IEEE 1394, FC-Disk(?)