Essential guide to storage area networks and essential guide to computer data storage package

I. ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO STORAGE AREA NETWORKS.

1. SANs Fundamentals.

But What is a SANReally? Network Attached Storage (NAS). SAN Attached Storage (SAS). SAN Interfaces. SAN Interconnects. SAN Fabrics. Building a SAN. Why Are SANs Important? SAN Applications. Types of SAN Operating Systems Software and Hardware Components. Sharing Data in a SAN. The Case for SAN Hardware. SAN Market Demand and Projections by Region and Country. Evolution of the SAN Market. The Value of Information. The Business Information Landscape Today. Preparing for Storage Area Networking. The Challenge of Implementing SAN Technology. The Storage Networking Management Vision. From Here. End Notes.

2. Types of SAN Technology.

FC-AL: A First Step. SAN Setbacks. Technology and Configuration. High Scalability and Flexibility. Web Service Scaling Factors. Current Web Server Practice. Storage in the Web Server Plant. Revisiting the SAN. SANs for Web Servers: A Scalable Alternative. Technology Platform, Techniques, and Alternatives. How the GTA Did It. Scenarios. Other Scenarios. Breaking Tradition in Video Distribution. Purely Analog Video. The Introduction of Digital to Video. The Video Creation and Manipulation Workstation. A Faster Network. Push versus Pull. SANs in Video. SAP R/3 Storage Management. Environment Setup. Split Mirror Backup. Split Mirror Backup Process. Process Automation. Suspension of Application Writes. Recovery. From Here. End Notes.

3. Standards.

Like Ethernet, SANs Standards Are Evolving. A Phased Approach. Getting to the Third Phase. Other Players. The Future of SAN Standards. From Here. End Notes.

4. Types of Vendor and SANs Service Providers.

SAN Self-Service. The Interoperability Labs. The Turnkey Solution. Service Provider Outsourcing. Multiple Computer Platforms High-Speed Data Sharing. Deficiency of LAN Solutions. The SAN Revolution. True SAN-Based Data Sharing. The Future Is Sharing. Indirect Channel Opportunity. The Changing Role of the Channel. Drivers of Storage Market Growth. Identifying and Creating Opportunities in the SAN Market. Storage Suppliers Respond to Growing Customer Demand. Sharing Information. SANs Are Not a New Technology. Translating SANs into Opportunity for Partners. Business Value of SAN. Overcoming Users' Concerns about SANs. What SANs Mean to the Channel: Road Map for Exploiting SAN Opportunities. Building Up to SAN. Choosing a SAN Supplier. IBM Business Partners: Opportunities in Storage Area NetworksThe Sum is Greater than the Whole. Multivendor Enterprise Storage Area Networks End-to-End Services. Storage Management Challenges. Networked Storage: The New Paradigm. Implementation Challenges. A Service-Driven SAN Strategy, from IBM. Storage Subsystems for Video Services. Related Work. Overview. Storage Server Requirements. Storage Subsystem Requirements. User and Storage Area Network Requirements. Software Requirements. The Basic Server Configuration. The Disk Subsystem. The Video Storage Server. Server Memory Requirements. Server Processing Requirements. Multiple Server Configurations. The Server Interconnect Problem: A Case for Fibre Channel. Is There an SSP in Your Future? From Here. End Notes.

5. Providing SAN Scalability and High Availability.

The Increased Need for Higher Availability. High-Level Availability Objectives. System Availability through Redundancy. Applications. Servers and Host Bus Adapters. Storage. Mirroring. Switches. Networking in the Fabric. Meshed Tree Topology for Switches. A Single Fabric with Dual Connectivity. A Dual Fabric with Dual Connectivity