Storage Area Network Essentials A Complete Guide to Understanding and Implementing SANs
Storage Area Network Essentials: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Implementing SANs by Richard Barker, published by Wiley on November 6, 2001, is a comprehensive resource for understanding Storage Area Networks (SANs). This 528-page book addresses the challenges posed by the rapid growth of e-commerce and the increasing demand for high-speed applications operating continuously online. It provides insights into how SAN technology can consolidate traditional server storage onto networks, enhancing data access and management.
Readers will find detailed explanations of the evolution of SAN technology, its applications, and its implications for enterprise information processing architecture. The book covers essential components of storage networking, including storage, network, and software elements, while also discussing implementation challenges. Aimed at system and network managers, application developers, and IT staff, this edition serves as a valuable guide for those looking to navigate the complexities of storage networking in a modern computing environment.
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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
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