Storage definitions beginning with Q

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QAS (Quick Arbitration Select) - permalink - collapse

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An Ultra320 SCSI feature that improves the control release between SCSI devices, reducing command overhead.
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Browse Related Terms: ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface), ASPI Manager, ASPI Module, Asynchronous Data Transfer, channel, Daisy Chain, DMA (Direct Memory Access), LVD (Low Voltage Differential), Packet Protocol/Packetized SCSI, SCSI address, SCSI Bus, SCSI Device, SCSI ID, SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), Wide SCSI

QoS - permalink - collapse

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Quality of Service. The performance level defined for a data communications system.
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Browse Related Terms: iCAP, Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (iCAP), Quality of Service (QoS)

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qtree - permalink - collapse

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A special subdirectory in a volume that acts as a virtual subvolume with special attributes, primarily quotas and permissions.
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Browse Related Terms: ACDS (Active Control Data Set), baseline transfer, dump path, Mirror, PAV (Parallel Access Volume), root volume, SCDS (Source Control Data Set), volume copy, volume group, VTOC (Volume Table Of Contents), VVDS (VSAM Volume Data Set), WAFL check

Quality of Service (QoS) - permalink - collapse

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The performance level defined for a data communications system.
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Browse Related Terms: iCAP, Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (iCAP), QoS

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Quantization - permalink - collapse

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A process in which a continuous signal is converted to a series of points at discrete levels. The quantized version of a ramp, a continuum of levels, would be a staircase, where only certain distinct levels are allowed.
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Browse Related Terms: Analog-to-digital, Digital-to-analog, GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter)

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quorum - permalink - collapse

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See cluster quorum.
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Browse Related Terms: Arbitrator, cluster quorum, quorum server, split brain syndrome

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quorum server - permalink - collapse

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A cluster node that acts as a tie-breaker in a disaster tolerant architecture in case all of the nodes in a data center go down at the same time. See also arbitrator.
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Browse Related Terms: Arbitrator, cluster quorum, quorum, split brain syndrome

quota - permalink - collapse

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A limit that restricts disk space usage.
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Browse Related Terms: Data Center, DBN, disk block number (DBN), tree quota, zero

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