Evolution of Storage Management
(Company Confidential)
Ilya Gertner, PhD
Network Disk, Inc.
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Challenges in Storage Management
Network Disk: Portable
Software Design In A Storage System
Basic Configuration Management
Performance
Monitors (Microsoft)
Incremental
Backup With Bitmaps and Multi-Version Control
Remote
Dual Copy With Block-Level Replay
Storage
Systems Command Interface
Storage
API-2: Intra-node IPC To Proprietary Storage API
Storage
Consolidation Applications
Basket of Storage Applications
Unix
Backups: Host initiated, server-less, PC-priced
Oracle
Applications: Backup, Import/Export, Data Extraction
Server
Consolidation: Unix <-> Windows
Product
Road Map and Future Positioning