For every computer science course involving data storage, enterprise architecture, and/or IT management.
Data storage is rapidly becoming the leading cost item in IT infrastructure, and effective data storage architecture and decision-making has become crucial to the effective management of today's enormous databases and data-driven applications. This package brings together two comprehensive guides to enterprise data storage: Essential Guide to Storage Area Networks and Essential Guide to Computer Data Storage, giving students practical, up-to-the-minute insight into every data storage option, from today's "low end" to tomorrow's IP SANs.
Table of Contents
I. ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO STORAGE AREA NETWORKS.
2. Types of SAN Technology.
3. Standards.
4. Types of Vendor and SANs Service Providers.
5. Providing SAN Scalability and High Availability.
6. SAN Design Issues.
7. Cost Justification and Consideration.
8. Standards Design Issues.
9. Architectural Design Considerations.
10. Implementation of Plan Development.
11. Virtual Storage Area Networks Planning Techniques: Making the Web Mission-Critical.
12. Testing Techniques.
13. Installation and Deployment.
14. Certification of SAN Performance.
15. Management of Storage Area Networks.
16. Ongoing Maintenance.
17. Standards Development.
18. High Availability Business Systems: The Role of SANs.
19. SAN Solutions for Considerations.
20. Role of SANs in Computer Forensics.
21. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations.
Appendix: Online Storage Management Checklist.
Appendix: List of Top SANs Implementation and Deployment Companies.
Appendix: SAN Product Offerings.
Appendix: SAN Storage.
Appendix: SAN Software.
Appendix: End Notes.
Appendix: Standards for SANs.
Appendix: SNIA Initiatives.
Appendix: SCSI.
Appendix: Fibre Channel.
Glossary.
Index.
II. ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO COMPUTER DATA STORAGE.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Computer Interfaces.
3. Magnetic Recording Storage Systems.
4. Optical Storage.
5. Magneto-Optical Storage Systems.
6. Nonvolatile Solid-State Memory.
7. New Applications of Storage Devices.
8. Storage on the Web.
9. SAN, NAS, and RAID Fundamentals.
10. Data Loss and Recovery.
11. How to Choose or Upgrade Your DVD, HDD, or CD-ROM.