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iSCSI target on NetApp for AIX 6.1 and VIOS 2.1

Problem iSCSI is much more flexible and easy to manage then a fibre channel (FC) infrastructure. There is a performance penalty of course, but in many cases the performance penalty is well worth the management benefits. This article will show … Continue reading

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Fiber Channel (FC / SAN) Performance Tuning on AIX 6.1

Introduction In large data-warehousing applications, the efficiency of storage systems is critical. With the same hardware and software release, we have seen queries that never terminate (i.e. still runs after a week) under one configuration to be able to finish … Continue reading

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