Storage Area Networks for Dummies, 2nd Edition

Description

If you’ve been charged with setting up storage area networks for your company, learning how SANs work and managing data storage problems might seem challenging. Storage Area Networks For Dummies, 2nd Edition comes to the rescue with just what you need to know.

  
Whether you already a bit SAN savvy or you’re a complete novice, here’s the scoop on how SANs save money, how to implement new technologies like data de-duplication, iScsi, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet, how to develop SANs that will aid your company’s disaster recovery plan, and much more. For example, you can:

  
From the basics for beginners to advanced features like snapshot copies, storage virtualization, and heading off problems before they happen, here’s what you need to do the job with confidence!

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

  Part I: SAN 101.

  
Chapter 1: The Storage Area Network.

  
Chapter 2: SAN Building Blocks.

  
Chapter 3: What Makes a SAN Go.

  
Chapter 4: What Makes a SAN Stop.

  Part II: Designing and Building a SAN.

  
Chapter 5: Designing the SAN.

  
Chapter 6: SANs and Disaster Recovery.

  
Chapter 7: Putting It All Together.

  Part III: Using Advanced SAN Features.

  
Chapter 8: Networking SANs.

  
Chapter 9: SAN-Based Backup.

  
Chapter 10: Mirror, Mirror: Point-in-Time Copies.

  Part IV: SAN Management and Troubleshooting.

  
Chapter 11: Approaches to SAN Management.

  
Chapter 12: Troubleshooting SANs.

  Part V: Understanding the Cool Stuff.

  
Chapter 13: Using Data De-Duplication to Lighten the Load.

  
Chapter 14: Continuous Data Protection.

  
Chapter 15: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Virtualization.

  Part VI: The Par t of Tens.

  
Chapter 16: Ten Reasons to Use a SAN.

  
Chapter 17: Ten Reasons NOT to Use a SAN.

  Index.