Storage Networks Explained - Basics and Application of Fibre Channel San, Nas Iscsi and Infiniband

Storage networks provide shared access to stored data from multiple computers and servers. This book explains how to use storage networks to fix malfunctioning business processes, covering the technologies as well as applications.

List of contents

From the contents:

About the Authors.

Foreword by Tom Clark.

Foreword to the German Edition by Hermann Strass.

Preface by the Authors.

List of Figures and Tables.

1. Introduction.

PART I: TECHNOLOGIES FOR STORAGE NETWORKS.

2. Intelligent Disk Subsystems.

3. I/O Techniques.

4. File Systems and Network Attached Storage (NAS).

5. Storage Virtualization.

PART II: APPLICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE NETWORKS.

6. Application of Storage Networks.

7. Network Back-Up.

8. Management of Storage Networks.

9. Removable Media Management.

10. The SNIA Shared Storage Model.

Glossary.

Annoted Bibliography.

Appendix A: Proof of the Calculation of the Parity Block of RAID 4 and 5.

Appendix B: Checklist for the Management of Storage Networks.

Index.

Product details

• Authors: Rainer Erkens, Wolfgang Müller, U Erkens Troppens, Ulf Troppens
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2004
• EAN: 9780470861820
• ISBN: 978-0-470-86182-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Netzwerk (EDV)