Storage terms starting with Q

8 terms

1. QAS (Quick Arbitration Select) An Ultra320 SCSI feature that improves the control release between SCSI devices, reducing command overhead.
2. QOS Quality of Service. The performance level defined for a data communications system.
3. qtree A special subdirectory in a volume that acts as a virtual subvolume with special attributes, primarily quotas and permissions.
4. Quality of Service (QoS) The performance level defined for a data communications system.
5. Quantization A process in which a continuous signal is converted to a series of points at discrete levels.
6. quorum The number of Senators that must be present for the Senate to do business. The Constitution requires a majority of Senators (51) for a quorum.
7. quorum server 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.
8. quota A way to specify limits to the amount of storage or number of users a Web site can use.