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# Infrastructure

This section covers the physical and network infrastructure needed to operate a storage provider, including storage systems, networking, and recovery planning.

## Table of contents

* [Storage](/provide-storage/infrastructure/storage.md) — RAID configurations, I/O behavior, and disk performance for sealed sectors
* [Network](/provide-storage/infrastructure/network.md) — bandwidth requirements, VLANs, redundancy, and network topologies
* [Backup and disaster recovery](/provide-storage/infrastructure/backup-and-disaster-recovery.md) — strategies to protect data and ensure business continuity
* [Reference architectures](/provide-storage/infrastructure/reference-architectures.md) — example infrastructure designs for different scales

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