Glossary 103
profile
See
storage profile.
provisioning
The process of allocation and assignment of storage to hosts.
R
RAID
An acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, a family of techniques for
managing multiple disks to deliver desirable cost, data availability, and performance
characteristics to host environments. Also, a phrase adopted from the 1988 SIGMOD
paper A Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks.
remote monitoring
Monitoring of the functions and performance of a hardware system from a location
other than where the hardware resides.
remote scripting CLI client
A command-line interface (CLI) that enables you to manage the system from a remote
management host. The client communicates with the management software through a
secure out-of-band interface, HTTPS, and provides the same control and monitoring
capability as the browser interface. The client must be installed on a host that has
network access to the system.
S
SAN
See
storage area network (SAN).
site LAN
The local area network at your site. When the system is connected to your LAN, the
system can be managed through a browser from any host on the LAN.
snapshot
An copy of a volume’s data at a specific point in time.
SSCS
Sun Storage Command System. The command-line interface (CLI) that can be used
to manage the array.