Distributed Storage Networks

Author : Thomas C. Jepsen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118691113

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Distributed Storage Networks by Thomas C. Jepsen Pdf

The worldwide market for SAN and NAS storage is anticipated to grow from US $2 billion in 1999 to over $25 billion by 2004. As business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce matures, even greater demands for management of stored data will arise. With the rapid increase in data storage requirements in the last decade, efficient management of stored data becomes a necessity for the enterprise. A recent UC-Berkeley study predicts that 150,000 terabytes of disk storage will be shipped in 2003. Most financial, insurance, healthcare, and telecommunications institutions are in the process of implementing storage networks that are distributed to some degree. For these institutions, data integrity is critical, and they will spend much time and money on planning. One of the primary obstacles to implementing a storage network cited by enterprise IT managers is a lack of knowledge about storage networking technology and the specific issues involved in extending a Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network Attached Storage (NAS) over the Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) or Wireless Area Networks (WAN). Distributed Storage Networks : Architecture, Protocols and Management addresses the "terminology gap" between enterprise network planners and telecommunications engineers, who must understand the transport requirements of storage networks in order to implement distributed storage networks. Jepsen comprehensively provides IT managers, planners, and telecommunications professionals with the information they need in order to choose the technologies best suited for their particular environment. * Addresses a hot topic that will become increasingly important in the coming years * Enables high-level managers and planners to make intelligent decisions about network needs. * Includes example network configurations providing solutions to typical user scenarios * Fills the "terminology gap" between enterprise network managers and telecommunications engineers who must understand the transport requirements of storage networks in order to implement distributed storage area networks A fundamental resource for all network managers, planners and network design engineers, as well as telecommunications engineers and engineering, computer science, and information technology students.

Author : Ulf Troppen,Rainer Erkens,Wolfgang Muller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8126518324

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STORAGE NETWORKS EXPLAINED: BASIC AND APPLICATIONS OF FIBRE CHANNEL SAN, NAS, ISCSI AND INFINIBAND by Ulf Troppen,Rainer Erkens,Wolfgang Muller Pdf

Market_Desc: The book provides basic application information key for systems administrators, database administrators and managers who need to know about the networking aspects of their systems. As well as systems architects, network managers, information management directors and decision makers.This book also supports applications for graduate students and other relevant courses in the field. Special Features: · Hot topic that will become increasingly important in the coming years· First book to focus on using rather than building storage networks, and how to solve problems· Looking beyond technology and showing the With CD benefits of storage networks· Covers fibre channel SAN, Network Attached Storage, iSCSI and InfiniBand technologies· Contains several case studies (e.g. the example of a travel portal, protecting a critical database)· Endorsed by the Storage Networking Industry Association· Written by very experienced professionals who tailored the book specifically to meet customer needs About The Book: The authors have hands-on experience of network storage hardware and software, they teach customers about concrete network storage products, they understand the concepts behind storage networks, and show customers how storage networks address their business needs. They know which questions their readers will ask and what they need to know to do their day-to-day job as efficiently as possible, both those with no SAN experience and those with SAN experience.

Author : Richard Barker,Paul Massiglia
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1118081927

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Storage Area Network Essentials by Richard Barker,Paul Massiglia Pdf

Author : Richard Barker,Paul Massiglia
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0471034452

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Storage Area Network Essentials by Richard Barker,Paul Massiglia Pdf

The inside scoop on a leading-edge data storage technology The rapid growth of e-commerce and the need to have all kinds of applications operating at top speed at the same time, all on a 24/7 basis while connected to the Internet, is overwhelming traditional data storage methods. The solution? Storage Area Networks (SANs)--the data communications technology that's expected to revolutionize distributed computing. Written by top technology experts at VERITAS Software Global Corporation, this book takes readers through all facets of storage networking, explaining how a SAN can help consolidate conventional server storage onto networks, how it makes applications highly available no matter how much data is being stored, and how this in turn makes data access and management faster and easier. System and network managers considering storage networking for their enterprises, as well as application developers and IT staff, will find invaluable advice on the design and deployment of the technology and how it works. Detailed, up-to-date coverage includes: The evolution of the technology and what is expected from SANs Killer applications for SANs Full coverage of storage networking and what it means for the enterprise's information processing architecture Individual chapters devoted to the storage, network, and software components of storage networking Issues for implementation and adoption

Author : Greg Schulz
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080492254

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Resilient Storage Networks by Greg Schulz Pdf

A resilient storage network is an environment where data is always available for the needs of the business. This book explains the components, as well as how to design and implement a resilient storage network for workgroup, departmental, and enterprise environments. Storage networks are an enabling capability combining technology and best practices to provide the foundation to support information technology systems and applications. Storage networks can be of various sizes, shapes, and technologies. This book shows you how to implement a resilient storage network infrastructure using different technologies including ATM, DWDM, FCIP, Fibre Channel, FICON, iFCP, InfiniBand, IP, iSCSI, Life Cycle Management, NAS, Object Based Storage, RAID, RDMA, Remote Mirroring, Replication, SAN, SCSI, SMI-S, SONET/SDH, Storage Services, Tape, Virtualization, and Volume Managers. *Important information is clarified and put into context to separate myths and realities *Covers storage networking technologies (hardware, software, networks) and practices *Numerous tips and recommendations allow the reader to quickly understand best practices *Checklists, templates and examples show potential solutions

Author : Jon Tate,Pall Beck,Hector Hugo Ibarra,Shanmuganathan Kumaravel,Libor Miklas,IBM Redbooks
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780738442884

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Introduction to Storage Area Networks by Jon Tate,Pall Beck,Hector Hugo Ibarra,Shanmuganathan Kumaravel,Libor Miklas,IBM Redbooks Pdf

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.

Author : Vincent Gramoli,Nicolas Nicolaou,Alexander A. Schwarzmann
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781636390635

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Consistent Distributed Storage by Vincent Gramoli,Nicolas Nicolaou,Alexander A. Schwarzmann Pdf

This is a presentation of several approaches for employing shared memory abstraction in distributed systems, a powerful tool for simplifying the design and implementation of software systems for networked platforms. These approaches enable system designers to work with abstract readable and writable objects without the need to deal with the complexity and dynamism of the underlying platform. The key property of shared memory implementations is the consistency guarantee that it provides under concurrent access to the shared objects. The most intuitive memory consistency model is atomicity because of its equivalence with a memory system where accesses occur serially, one at a time. Emulations of shared atomic memory in distributed systems is an active area of research and development. The problem proves to be challenging, and especially so in distributed message passing settings with unreliable components, as is often the case in networked systems. Several examples are provided for implementing shared memory services with the help of replication on top of message-passing distributed platforms subject to a variety of perturbations in the computing medium.

Author : Gary Orenstein
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0321159608

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IP Storage Networking by Gary Orenstein Pdf

IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core is your complete blueprint for planning, deploying, managing, and maximizing the business value of enterprise storage. Gary Orenstein introduces IP storage, iSCSI, and related technologies; then shows how to integrate them into an overall storage strategy for maximizing availability and business agility. Coverage includes: architecture; software infrastructure; virtualization; security; storage policies; outsourcing; and measuring ROI on enterprise storage investments.

Author : Daniel J. Worden
Publisher : Apress
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781430206941

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Storage Networks by Daniel J. Worden Pdf

* The emphasis of this book will be on detailed practicality. Most of the SAN books provide a theoretical treatment of the technology from a top-down perspective. This book will be written from the perspective of "from the ground up". * Relates specific technology offerings to particular application areas. Email stores, Image stores, Video Production and RDBMS disk are used as specific case studies to show how the hardware, firmware, and interconnects are set up and used. * SAN technology is ready to move out of the glass house and large scale storage is becoming applicable to even dedicated purposes. This represents an increase in the potential audience for a book on SANs and, of course, remains highly useful for the administrators and centralized technical staff responsible for backups, recoverability, and availability.

Author : Sai Lai Lo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521551153

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A Modular and Extensible Network Storage Architecture by Sai Lai Lo Pdf

This book was originally published in 1995. At the time of publication, distributed file systems were monolithic and only supported single file abstractions. Network storage devices needed to be able to accommodate emerging information media such as digital audio and video, with data radically different in characteristics to traditional text and binary that file systems were optimised for. By combining emerging and traditional media, information could be recorded and presented in the most suitable way, and the value of a piece of information could be further enhanced by linking together related pieces. However composite data and cross-reference between data items raised a number of system issues that had not been addressed properly before. In this book Dr Lo defined a multi-service storage architecture that could meet the needs of existing and emerging applications and support multiple file abstractions. He also explored a number of related design issues.

Author : Greg Schulz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439851739

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Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking by Greg Schulz Pdf

The amount of data being generated, processed, and stored has reached unprecedented levels. Even during the recent economic crisis, there has been no slow down or information recession. Instead, the need to process, move, and store data has only increased. Consequently, IT organizations are looking to do more with what they have while supporting growth along with new services without compromising on cost and service delivery. Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking, by savvy IT industry veteran Greg Schulz, looks at converging IT resources and management technologies for facilitating efficient and effective delivery of information services, including enabling of Information Factories. Regardless of your experience level, Schulz guides you through the various technologies and techniques available for achieving efficient information services delivery. Coverage includes: Information services delivery model options and best practices Metrics for efficient E2E IT management Server, storage, I/O networking, and data center virtualization Converged and cloud storage services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) Data protection for virtual, cloud, and physical environments Data footprint reduction and data protection modernization High availability, business continuance, and disaster recovery This much-needed reference brings together technology themes and topics that are converging in IT and data center environments for enabling effective information services, in a practical and hype-free manner. When it comes to IT clouds and virtualization, you must look before you leap. This book will help you address the questions of when, where, with what, and how to leverage cloud, virtual, and data storage networking as part of your IT infrastructure. A video of Greg Schulz discussing his new book is featured on the CRC Press YouTube channel. Visit Slideshare to view a slide presentation based on the book.

Author : Marc Farley
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780072194449

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Building Storage Networks by Marc Farley Pdf

Praise for the first edition of Building Storage Networks: "This book is the Bible of storage networking" --Dave Hill, Senior Storage Analyst, the Aberdeen Group Now more than ever, especially in the age of e-commerce, data must be available and accessible 24x7 on a network. This easy-to-understand book clearly explains all the latest methods of storing data on a network, including updated coverage of Internet storage service providers.

Author : James O'Reilly
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780128038659

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Network Storage by James O'Reilly Pdf

Network Storage: Tools and Technologies for Storing Your Company’s Data explains the changes occurring in storage, what they mean, and how to negotiate the minefields of conflicting technologies that litter the storage arena, all in an effort to help IT managers create a solid foundation for coming decades. The book begins with an overview of the current state of storage and its evolution from the network perspective, looking closely at the different protocols and connection schemes and how they differentiate in use case and operational behavior. The book explores the software changes that are motivating this evolution, ranging from data management, to in-stream processing and storage in virtual systems, and changes in the decades-old OS stack. It explores Software-Defined Storage as a way to construct storage networks, the impact of Big Data, high-performance computing, and the cloud on storage networking. As networks and data integrity are intertwined, the book looks at how data is split up and moved to the various appliances holding that dataset and its impact. Because data security is often neglected, users will find a comprehensive discussion on security issues that offers remedies that can be applied. The book concludes with a look at technologies on the horizon that will impact storage and its networks, such as NVDIMMs, The Hybrid Memory Cube, VSANs, and NAND Killers. Puts all the new developments in storage networking in a clear perspective for near-term and long-term planning Offers a complete overview of storage networking, serving as a go-to resource for creating a coherent implementation plan Provides the details needed to understand the area, and clears a path through the confusion and hype that surrounds such a radical revolution of the industry

Author : Shuguang Cui,Alfred O. Hero, III,Zhi-Quan Luo,José M. F. Moura
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107099005

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Big Data over Networks by Shuguang Cui,Alfred O. Hero, III,Zhi-Quan Luo,José M. F. Moura Pdf

Examines the crucial interaction between big data and communication, social and biological networks using critical mathematical tools and state-of-the-art research.

Author : Richard Barker,Paul Massiglia
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8126518588

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STORAGE AREA NETWORK ESSENTIALS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTATING SANS by Richard Barker,Paul Massiglia Pdf

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.