Acknowledgments

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Acknowledgments

We have many people to thank for their contributions to our book. A number of them are instrumental in developing Storage Area Network products at Hewlett-Packard Company. Others, from HP and beyond, have provided information essential to the book s content. A third group has given us valuable suggestions for improving the readability of the book and access to its content.

The subject of SANs is already enormous . With each new addition or variation in technology and products, the variables in SAN implementation grow exponentially. Changes occur every day. Although we are grateful to the many contributors of source information for this book, we are solely responsible for any errors or omissions.

We d especially like to acknowledge the following people:

Eddie Alabastro, Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA. We thank him for his technical review of this material.

Christian Bauman, copy editor for Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference. Chris found many errors we thought couldn t possibly be there.

Kyle Black, Solutions Consulting Manager, Hewlett-Packard Storage Organization, Roseville, CA. Kyle reviewed the book for technical accuracy, pointed out our errors and omissions, and made suggestions for improvement.

Jane Bonnell, Production Editor at Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference. She was always helpful and encouraging during the final phases of production. She also made us turn things in on time.

David F. Clark, Technical Writer, Willow Valley Software, Nevada City, CA. He edited text, repaired graphics, added index entries, and provided highly useful ideas and comments.

Jennifer Harrington, Manager, Integration Testing and Training Team, Business Process Information Engineering Section, North American Business PCs, Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA. She was this book s champion (and is also Ralph s manager).

Victor Hendrickse, Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA. We thank him for his technical review of this material.

Mary Hynes, R&D Lab Manager, Software and SAN Management Operation (SSMO), Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA. She is our book s sponsor.

Jill Pisoni, Executive Editor, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, Upper Saddle River, NJ. She guided the entire effort.

Charles F. Trentacosti, Marketing Manager, Software and SAN Management Operation, Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA. Charlie wrote the Foreword to this book.

Kathleen Williams, occasional subcontractor with Willow Valley Software and now employed at Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA. She was a significant developer of the last release of the HP SureStore E Disk Array XP256 documentation. We thank her for diligent efforts and sense of humor in pointing out the flaws in our work.

Susan Wright, Editorial Director, Hewlett-Packard Professional Books. She kept us on track during the whole development process.

Duane E. Zitzner, President of Hewlett-Packard Company s Computing Systems. He was able to take time from his busy schedule to share his vision of SANs and their place in HP s future.

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