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Close effectively. A “thank you” e-mail emphasizes your interest in the position and is your chance to mention facts you omitted in the interview. Be sure to proof. © 2007 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. | Legal Info | Privacy Info | Subscribe | Site Map SAN jobs interview questions - Storage Area Networking job interviews Series 2 Below are the 10 questions asked in an interview with SAN company StorageTek . 1) Which are the SAN topologies? Answer :SAN can be connected in 3 types which are mentioned below: Point to Point topology FC Arbitrated Loop ( FC :Fibre Channel ) Switched Fabric 2) Which are the 4 types of SAN architecture types Answer :Core-edge Full-Mesh Partial-Mesh Cascade 3) which command is used in linux to know the driver version of any hardware device ? Answer : dmesg 4) How many minimum drives are required to create R5 ( RAID 5) ? Answer : You need to have at least 3 disk drives to create R5. 5) Can you name some of the states of RAID array ? 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