This volume provides practical, day-to-day SANs implementation solutions from an expert who lives the issues.

Pollack, Dan, 1970-

Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Boston: Addison-Wesley

Pearson Education

Hachette Books

Basic Books

United States, United States of America

October 15, 2002

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177) and index.

The rate at which information is produced and shared is growing at an astounding pace. As a result, the size, complexity—and importance—of storage systems has increased dramatically. The implementation of a Storage Area Network (SAN) allows system and storage administrators to ensure the consistent storage and retrieval of data on a network. The multipath nature of a SAN, with its characteristic one-to-many relationships between host and storage devices, provides unmatched configuration flexibility and availability, as well as the load-balancing and increased connectivity essential to the creation of a scalable network.<br>
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<p>With its unique focus on the nuts and bolts of SAN construction and operation, <i>Practical Storage Area Networking</i> explores the full technology, from the more common Fibre Channel SANs to cutting edge IP SANs, and beyond. This book examines SAN design, integration, maintenance, and security, highlighting best practices for each. Its close attention to the ideal practices of SAN implementation provides SAN builders with an invaluable frame of reference that bridges the gap between concept and deployment.</p>
<p>Among the topics covered in <i>Practical Storage Area Networking</i> you will find:</p>
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<li>SAN project selection, logical layout, and capacity planning</li>
<li>I/O requirements by SAN type</li>
<li>Project modeling, including storage sizing and assessment</li>
<li>Hardware and software component selection</li>
<li>SAN topologies</li>
<li>Configuration, zoning, and testing</li>
<li>Management tools and consoles</li>
<li>Event and performance monitoring</li>
<li>Application integration</li>
<li>Scaperformance, and feature enhancements</li>
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<p>Packed with extensive insights and experience-based advice, <i>Practical Storage Area Networking</i> will help you build and deploy a successful SAN on your network.</p>
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-- Has a unique focus on implementation. Positions nicely between the overview books (like Clark) and the engineering tomes (like Farley).-- Pollack writes from experience. He is responsible for designing the large-scale storage systems at AOL.-- Covers both the most common (Fibre) and the cutting edge (IP SANS) implementations. It is currently estimated that in the next two years, more information will be created than in the last 40,000 years combined. More attention is being placed on storage systems and their features as their size and complexity grows. The books currently available focus on providing overviews of the issues and the theory behind the technology. This book takes the next step, providing an implementation blueprint for the system and network administrators who need to design and deploy storage area networks (SANs). Typical applications of SANs are discussed in detail to illustrate techniques and issues. All aspects of SANs are discussed including design and integration, and the often ignored maintenance and security

Pollack writes from experience, and covers both the most common (Fibre) and the cutting edge (IP SANS) implementations. This book takes the next step, providing an implementation blueprint for the system and network administrators who need to design and deploy storage area networks (SANs)

xix, 214 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177) and index

2023-06-28