Build a highly available application platform for J2EE, Part 4: Install and configure IBM TotalStorage SAN File System

Level: Intermediate

Linda Duyanovich (lduyanov@us.ibm.com), Manager Storage Software, IBM
Juan Gomez (juang@us.ibm.com), Staff Member, IBM

01 Jun 2005

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This series from the Continuous Computing team focuses on building a highly available solution platform for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). Follow along as the team uses existing hardware and software from across IBM divisions to produce a complete solution that offers high availability. In this tutorial, you set up IBM TotalStorage SAN File System for our application. SAN File System is the basis for achieving shared data, making all data available to all application servers and the database. SAN File System eliminates the need for multiple images and configurations, is highly available, and supports resilient applications with its data management function.

Prerequisites

If you want to know how to configure TotalStorage SAN File System for a highly available platform, take this tutorial. To complete the tasks, you need basic knowledge of:

• Storage area network (SAN)
• Networking
• Linux^TM operating system
• Storage products

System requirements

To set up the environment described in this tutorial, you'll need:

• IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller, with 2 SVC nodes and software
• IBM eServer^TM BladeCenter^TM, with 14 HS20 blade servers, and fiber channel switch module
• IBM 2109 F-16 2109 SAN switch
• IBM FAStT900 storage system with 500GB of disk space
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0

Duration

Under two hours

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