25.1 The Basics
Rather than storage being a war between consumers and providers, we promote
the radical notion that storage should be managed as a community resource.
This reframes storage management in a way that lets everyone work
toward common goals for space, uptime, performance, and cost. Storage
should be managed like any other service, and we have advice in this area.
Performance, troubleshooting, and evaluating new technologies are all responsibilities
of a storage service team.
But first, we begin with a whirlwind tour of common storage terminology
and technology.