Storage Area Network Fundamentals
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Storage Area Network Fundamentals
Storage Area Network Fundamentals looks at the various areas and technologies associated with SANs, the available SAN technology, its limitations, expenditures and ways to minimize them, and the forthcoming technology, so that organizations can deploy real operational storage in data centers without further delay. Designed as an introduction to SANs, Storage Area Network Fundamentals develops an understanding of SAN basics and how to plan, implement, and manage a storage area network. The book covers the different topologies, protocols, and products required to implement and manage efficient SANs, as well as questions to test the knowledge imparted to the reader.
Storage Area Network Essentials: a Complete Guide to Understanding and Implementating Sans
Market_Desc: Enterprise system and/or network administrators who are considering storage net-working for their enterprises. Special Features: · Explains how the new storage networking technology makes data management and access faster and easier. Describes killer applications for SANs.· Clearly explains the storage, networking, and software aspects of SANs.· Covers issues of implementation and adoption. About The Book: The rapid growth of ecommerce and the need to have all kinds of applications operating at top speed at the same time while connected to the Internet is overwhelming traditional server storage methods. The solution is a completely new data communications platform called the Storage Area Network (SAN). SANS are expected to revolutionize distributed computing.A SAN links conventional storage devices like server disks to Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Consolidating everything onto IP networks will make data management and access easier. SANS are fast because they run on fiber and make applications highly available no matter how much data is being stored.
Introduction to Storage Area Networks
The superabundance of data that is created by today's businesses is making storage a strategic investment priority for companies of all sizes. As storage takes precedence, the following major initiatives emerge: Flatten and converge your network: IBM® takes an open, standards-based approach to implement the latest advances in the flat, converged data center network designs of today. IBM Storage solutions enable clients to deploy a high-speed, low-latency Unified Fabric Architecture. Optimize and automate virtualization: Advanced virtualization awareness reduces the cost and complexity of deploying physical and virtual data center infrastructure. Simplify management: IBM data center networks are easy to deploy, maintain, scale, and virtualize, delivering the foundation of consolidated operations for dynamic infrastructure management. Storage is no longer an afterthought. Too much is at stake. Companies are searching for more ways to efficiently manage expanding volumes of data, and to make that data accessible throughout the enterprise. This demand is propelling the move of storage into the network. Also, the increasing complexity of managing large numbers of storage devices and vast amounts of data is driving greater business value into software and services. With current estimates of the amount of data to be managed and made available increasing at 60% each year, this outlook is where a storage area network (SAN) enters the arena. SANs are the leading storage infrastructure for the global economy of today. SANs offer simplified storage management, scalability, flexibility, and availability; and improved data access, movement, and backup. Welcome to the cognitive era. The smarter data center with the improved economics of IT can be achieved by connecting servers and storage with a high-speed and intelligent network fabric. A smarter data center that hosts IBM Storage solutions can provide an environment that is smarter, faster, greener, open, and easy to manage. This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an introduction to SAN and Ethernet networking, and how these networks help to achieve a smarter data center. This book is intended for people who are not very familiar with IT, or who are just starting out in the IT world.