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Chapter 1: The Data Storage and Data Access Problem
Figure 1-1: Database choices for applications
Figure 1-2: Components that effect application performance
Figure 1-3: Online storage for applications
Figure 1-4: The optimum configuration of user transactions versus storage resources
Figure 1-5: The increasing diversity of application data
Figure 1-6: The client/server storage model
Figure 1-7: An overview of database server configuration
Figure 1-8: Data moving through a data warehouse application
Figure 1-9: An overview of web server storage
Chapter 2: The Battle for Size and Access
Figure 2-1: Directly connected storage in traditional client/server environments
Figure 2-2: NAS example showing enhancements to data access
Figure 2-3: SAN example showing enhancement to data size
Figure 2-4: The application development lifecycle
Figure 2-5: Application implementation challenges
Figure 2-6: The realities of application implementation
Figure 2-7: Moving to networked data access with a SAN
Figure 2-8: Device-to-device communications within a SAN
Chapter 3: Decoupling the Storage Component: Putting Storage on the Network
Figure 3-1: Early UNIX networking storage issues
Figure 3-2: Early UNIX file servers
Figure 3-3: The file system
Figure 3-4: The network file system
Figure 3-5a: Early NAS scientific applications
Figure 3-5b: Early NAS code development applications
Figure 3-6: Early Microsoft file servers
Figure 3-7: Schematic of the NAS configuration
Figure 3-8: A NAS for data access
Figure 3-9: A NAS for data size
Chapter 4: Decoupling the Storage Component: Creating a Network for Storage
Figure 4-1: SMP processing
Figure 4-2: MPP processing
Figure 4-3: Fibre Channel Protocol
Figure 4-4: Switched Fabric Network
Figure 4-5: Shared Nothing Architecture
Figure 4-6: A storage area network
Figure 4-7: Early SAN configurations using HUB architectures
Figure 4-8: Current SAN configurations using fabric architectures
Figure 4-9: SANs for an OLTP database environment
Figure 4-10: SANs for a data warehouse environment
Chapter 5: Storage Architectures
Figure 5-1: The diversity of storage locations
Figure 5-2: The data storage hierarchy
Figure 5-3: The definition of workloads
Figure 5-4: An online storage system
Figure 5-5: A batch storage system
Figure 5-6: The data protection workload
Figure 5-7: A typical configuration for HSM workloads
Chapter 6: Device Overviews
Figure 6-1: Peripheral connections to the main computer elements
Figure 6-2: Connecting to the network
Figure 6-3: Overview of connectivity inside the network
Figure 6-4: Host adapter functions
Figure 6-5: Path limitations through single adapter strategies
Figure 6-6: Controller functions
Figure 6-7: The controllers view of reality
Figure 6-8: The disk drive anatomy
Figure 6-9: Disk arrays
Figure 6-10: The basic RAID architecture for a storage array
Figure 6-11: The RAID level 1 configuration
Figure 6-12: The RAID level 5 configuration
Figure 6-13: The RAID level 4 configuration
Figure 6-14: An overview of the SCSI tape drive
Chapter 7: Connectivity Options
Figure 7-1: A universal computer bus
Figure 7-2: The internal functions of a typical I/O bus
Figure 7-3: Bus operations: arbitration for control
Figure 7-4: The standard TCP/IP layers and functions
Figure 7-5: SCSI configuration single host
Figure 7-6: SCSI configuration multiple hosts
Figure 7-7: Fibre Channel layered architecture
Figure 7-8: The FC point-to-point topology
Figure 7-9: The FC arbitrated loop topology
Figure 7-10: The FC fabric topology
Figure 7-11: FC operations
Figure 7-12: A shared nothing high-speed interconnect
Figure 7-13: A shared I/O high-speed interconnect
Figure 7-14: A shared memory high-speed interconnect
Chapter 8: Data Organizational Methods
Figure 8-1: The components of a file system
Figure 8-2: An enterprise-class file system
Figure 8-3: Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)
Figure 8-4: The Common Internet File System (CIFS)
Figure 8-5: Direct Access File System (DAFS)
Chapter 9: Putting Storage on the Network: A Detailed Discussion
Figure 9-1: The NAS hardware components
Figure 9-2: The NAS software components
Figure 9-3: NAS file system configurations
Figure 9-4: The departmental NAS configuration
Figure 9-5: The Internet NAS architecture
Figure 9-6: Enterprise NAS configurations
Chapter 10: NAS Hardware Devices
Figure 10-1: The I/O manager components
Figure 10-2: RISC versus CISC
Figure 10-3: NAS appliance-level storage configurations
Figure 10-4: NAS mid-range and enterprise storage configurations
Figure 10-5: The NAS Sfp model
Figure 10-6: The NAS Qfp model
Figure 10-7: The NAS Cfp model
Chapter 11: NAS Software Components
Figure 11-1: Overview of the NAS components
Figure 11-2: What is an RPC?
Figure 11-3: An initial NFS configuration
Figure 11-4: An early NFS implementation
Figure 11-5: Overview of the NAS micro-kernel components
Figure 11-6: A typical micro-kernel
Figure 11-7: An example of an NAS micro-kernel
Figure 11-8: The UNIX hierarchical directory system
Figure 11-9: Mounting a file system
Figure 11-10: Mounting a file directory
Figure 11-11: NAS using RAID level 1
Figure 11-12: NAS using RAID level 5
Figure 11-13: NAS using RAID level 4
Chapter 12: NAS Connectivity Options
Figure 12-1: OSI Layersfrom the physical to the transport
Figure 12-2: Network devices and their corresponding OSI layer
Figure 12-3: A typical network infrastructure
Figure 12-4: The network segment supporting Accounting
Figure 12-5: Network segments within the data center
Figure 12-6: WAN connectivity options
Figure 12-7: NAS deployment using WAN connections
Figure 12-8: TCP/IP considerations for NAS deployment
Figure 12-9: OSI model with layers 4 through 7
Figure 12-10: Network operational aspects of NAS deployment
Figure 12-11: Network workload aspects of NAS deployment
Chapter 13: Architecture Overview
Figure 13-1: SAN components overview
Figure 13-2: FC layers and functions
Figure 13-3: A SAN devices overview and sample read I/O
Figure 13-4: A typical fabric OS micro-kernel
Figure 13-5: Fabric OS micro-kernel components
Figure 13-6: A simple SAN architecture
Figure 13-7: A simple SAN configuration
Figure 13-8: A specialized/advanced SAN configuration
Figure 13-9: An entry-level SAN configuration
Figure 13-10: A mid-range SAN configuration
Figure 13-11: An enterprise SAN configuration
Chapter 14: Hardware Devices
Figure 14-1: Port configurations
Figure 14-2: The name server contains names , addresses, and information on nodes.
Figure 14-3: Extending the switch with an E_Port
Figure 14-4: The basic functions of the FC Host Bus Adapter
Figure 14-5: HBAs critical role in interoperability
Figure 14-6: An FC storage array connected in a loop configuration
Figure 14-7: An FC RAID storage configuration
Figure 14-8: A simple bridge/router configuration
Figure 14-9: Anatomy of the FC Frame
Figure 14-10: Typical flow control using Class 2 operation
Chapter 15: Software Components
Figure 15-1: The basic components of the switchs operating system
Figure 15-2: SAN applications running within the switchs OS
Figure 15-3: The HBA driver functions
Figure 15-4: Storage device segregation through port zoning
Figure 15-5: SAN configuration with zoning and LUN masking
Figure 15-6: SAN configuration using zoning and masking
Figure 15-7: Out-of- band processing
Figure 15-8: ISL functions supporting a simple cascading switch configuration
Figure 15-9: ISL supporting higher performance and failover
Chapter 16: Configuration Options for SANs
Figure 16-1: Viewing the SAN as an entire solution
Figure 16-2: OLTP workloads supported by a core /edge configuration
Figure 16-3: Web and messaging applications supported by a mesh configuration
Figure 16-4: A data warehouse application being supported by a cascading configuration
Figure 16-5: A fully heterogeneous OS SAN-supported environment
Figure 16-6: A data replication strategy and potential SAN solution
Figure 16-7: A future SAN-to-SAN configuration
Figure 16-8: Advanced clustering with shared storage SAN
Figure 16-9: The future: process and storage fabrics with a common interconnect
Chapter 17: Defining the I/O Workload
Figure 17-1: An example banking transaction
Figure 17-2: Organizing workloads for maximum performance
Figure 17-3: Banking configuration example: defining the business application
Figure 17-4: Placing workloads within an infrastructure
Figure 17-5: Guidelines for identifying and defining workloads
Figure 17-6: The workload inventory, categorization, and definition of the Banking Application System
Figure 17-7: User access information for workload analysis
Figure 17-8: Calculating workload requirements for byte transfer rates
Figure 17-9: Workload analysis logical model
Figure 17-10: Workload solutions matrix
Chapter 18: Applying the SAN Solution
Figure 18-1: Cascading SAN configuration
Figure 18-2: Meshed SAN configuration
Figure 18-3: A core/edge SAN configuration
Figure 18-4: An OLTP workload using a core/edge SAN configuration
Figure 18-5: A web Internet transactional workload using a meshed SAN configuration
Figure 18-6: A data warehouse workload using a cascading SAN configuration
Chapter 19: Applying the NAS Solution
Figure 19-1: An appliance/departmental NAS configuration
Figure 19-2: An enterprise NAS configuration
Figure 19-3: A specialized application support NAS configuration
Figure 19-4: Departmental workload using a NAS appliance configuration
Figure 19-5: A web Internet read-only workload using a mid-range NAS configuration
Figure 19-6: A seismic analysis workload using an enterprise-class NAS configuration
Chapter 20: Considerations When Integrating SAN and NAS
Figure 20-1: SAN block I/O versus NAS file I/O
Figure 20-2: NAS I/O local limitations and remote strengths
Figure 20-3: SAN I/O local strengths and remote limitations
Figure 20-4: iSCSI configurations showing remote block I/O operation
Figure 20-5: InfiniBands I/O fabric
Figure 20-6: Rapid I/O: a future processor module interconnects
Figure 20-7: HyperTransport: a future high-speed CPU interconnect
Figure 20-8: A storage network of the future
Chapter 21: Planning Business Continuity
Figure 21-1: Fundamental systems management applied to storage networking
Figure 21-2: Integrating storage networking as a major infrastructure
Chapter 22: Managing Availability
Figure 22-1: A cascading SAN configuration supporting on-demand availability
Figure 22-2: A core/edge configuration supporting a highly available CRM application
Figure 22-3: A redundant mesh SAN configuration supporting a 24/7 application
Figure 22-4: Traditional backup processes and their overhead
Figure 22-5: Storage network backup and recovery
Chapter 23: Maintaining Serviceability
Figure 23-1: SAN configuration management categories
Figure 23-2: Integrating SAN physical and logical categories into a single repository
Figure 23-3: The complexity of NAS external relationships
Figure 23-4: NAS configuration management categories
Figure 23-5: NAS software and logical views with example categories
Chapter 24: Capacity Planning
Figure 24-1: The traditional division of responsibilities within the data center
Figure 24-2: Volume management working with storage arrays
Chapter 25: Security Considerations
Figure 25-1: The defense- in-depth model
Figure 25-2: Configuration errors at the storage switch
Figure 25-3: Encryption protects against storage configuration errors.
Figure 25-4: Key distribution service
Figure 25-5: Soft zoning in SANs
Figure 25-6: Hard zoning in SANs
Figure 25-7: SAN World Wide Name table spoofing
Figure 25-8: Fibre Channel layer 2 and sequence control
Figure 25-9: Fibre Channel frame header attack
Figure 25-10: Man-in-the-Middle attack on SANs
Figure 25-11: Operating system security in storage networks
Appendix A: NAS Case Study: The International Image Processing Company
Figure A-1: IIP systems configuration
Figure A-2: IIP imaging application process
Figure A-3: IIP NAS storage infrastructure
Appendix B: SAN Case Study: The Import Auto Industry
Figure B-1: An overview of the current systems configuration
Figure B-2: Data warehouse/data mart requirements
Figure B-3: SAN storage infrastructure
Appendix C: SAN/NAS Management Case Study: The Southwestern CD Company
Figure C-1: Southwestern CDs Metro Data Area
Figure C-2: Southwestern CDs Systems Configuration
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Storage Networks: The Complete Reference
ISBN: 0072224762
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 192
Authors:
Robert Spalding
BUY ON AMAZON
Software Configuration Management
Metrics and Configuration Management Reference
Appendix D Problem Change Report
Appendix L Software Requirements Changes
Appendix P Project Statement of Work
Appendix V Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) Checklist
SQL Tips & Techniques (Miscellaneous)
Understanding SQL Transactions and Transaction Logs
Creating Indexes for Fast Data Retrieval
Using Keys and Constraints to Maintain Database Integrity
Working with Comparison Predicates and Grouped Queries
Understanding SQL Subqueries
Cisco IP Communications Express: CallManager Express with Cisco Unity Express
Introducing Cisco IPC Express
Using Cisco IPC Express in Retail, Financial, and Healthcare Businesses
Managing Cisco IPC Express Systems by Managed Services and Enterprises
Troubleshooting the Cisco IPC Express GUI
Common Voice Mail show Commands
Building Web Applications with UML (2nd Edition)
Server-Side Risks
Architecture Elaboration
Discussion
Summary
Activities
PMP Practice Questions Exam Cram 2
Exam Prep Questions
Exam Prep Questions
Answers and Explanations
Answers and Explanations
Answers and Explanations
Java Concurrency in Practice
Delegating Thread Safety
Synchronized Collections
Cancellation and Shutdown
Anatomy of a Synchronizer
Appendix A. Annotations for Concurrency
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