Evaluation of core-edge storage area network designs using simulation
Cameron Graham Walker, Michael O’Sullivan, Mihiri Elangesinghe · 2005
In this paper we present discrete event simulation models for two Storage Area Network designs. The first network is currently servicing the learning management system at the University of Auckland. The second network is an automatically generated Core-Edge design, proposed as a replacement for the first. We use our models to compare the performance of the two designs, and also to evaluate the performance of the second design under various component-failure scenarios. The models are developed using Arena, an off-the-shelf commercial simulation package, with the secondary purpose of determining the viability of using this software as an evaluation tool for Storage Area Network designs. Key words: simulation; storage area networks; core-edge topology