What is a LUN, and why do we need one? In simple terms, a logical unit number (LUN) is a slice or portion of a configured set of disks that is presentable to a host and mounted as a volume within the ...

Disk drives are the foundation of modern data storage, but operating systems cannot use physical storage directly. The platters, heads, tracks and sectors of a physical drive must be translated into a ...

I have long been a proponent of virtualizing everything and at every level in the storage space. Whether at the host, network or storage level, I too often see nothing but blue skies and fields of ...