Chapter 1

Introduction to NetApp Storage Architecture

About this chapter  

This chapter provides an overview of how you use Data ONTAP 7.1 software to organize and manage the data storage resources (disks) that are part of a NetApp® storage system and the data that resides on those disks.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Understanding storage architecture
• Understanding the file system and its storage containers
• Using traditional volumes

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