The inside scoop
on a leading-edge data storage technology.
The rapid growth of e-commerce and the need to have all kinds of applications operating at
top speed at the same time, all on a 24/7 basis while connected to the Internet, is
overwhelming traditional data storage methods. The solution? Storage Area Networks
(SANs)-the data communications technology that's expected to revolutionize distributed
computing. Written by top technology experts at VERITAS Software Global Corporation, this
book takes readers through all facets of storage networking, explaining how a SAN can help
consolidate conventional server storage onto networks, how it makes applications highly
available no matter how much data is being stored, and how this in turn makes data access
and management faster and easier. System and network managers considering storage
networking for their enterprises, as well as application developers and IT staff, will
find invaluable advice on the design and deployment of the technology and how it works.
Detailed, up-to-date coverage includes:
• The evolution of the technology and what is expected from SANs
• Killer applications for SANs
• Full coverage of storage networking and what it means for the enterprise's
information processing architecture
• Individual chapters devoted to the storage, network, and software components of
storage networking
• Issues for implementation and adoption
Table Of
Contents:
Introduction.
About This Book.
Who Are You?
How This Book Is
Organized.
Some Conventions
Terminology to Start With.
UNDERSTANDING
STORAGE NETWORKING.
What Storage
Networking Is and What It Can Mean to You.
Benefits: What
to Expect from SANs.
Leading up to
SANs: One View of Data Center Evolution.
Killer Apps for
SANs.
THE PARTS:
WHAT'S IN A SAN.
Storage
Networking Architecture.
The Storage in
Storage Networking.
The Network in
Storage Networking.
Basic Software
for Storage Networking.
Advanced
Software for Storage Networking.
Enterprise
Backup Software for Storage Area Networks.
SAN
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
Adopting Storage
Networking.
Managing SANs.
Afterword
Speculations on the Future of SANs.
Appendices.
Appendix 1:
Storage Networking Standards.
528 pages