| | Copyright |
| | Praise for IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core |
| | Foreword |
| | Preface |
| | Acknowledgments |
| | Chapter 1. Storage in a Wired World |
| | | Section 1.1. Storage Takes Center Stage |
| | | Section 1.2. The Need for Business Continuance |
| | | Section 1.3. Driving Towards Operational Agility |
| | | Section 1.4. Charting a Storage Networking Roadmap |
| | | Section 1.5. Audience and Text Overview |
| | | Section 1.6. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 2. The Storage Architectural Landscape |
| | | Section 2.1. Storage Building Blocks |
| | | Section 2.2. Internal Storage/Server-based storage |
| | | Section 2.3. External Storage (JBOD, RAID, Tape, Optical, Other) |
| | | Section 2.4. Direct-Attached Storage |
| | | Section 2.5. Network-Attached Storage |
| | | Section 2.6. Storage Area Networks |
| | | Section 2.7. IP SAN Protocols |
| | | Section 2.8. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 3. The Software Spectrum |
| | | Section 3.1. Framework for Storage Management Software |
| | | Section 3.2. Storage Network Management |
| | | Section 3.3. Storage Resource Management |
| | | Section 3.4. Data Coordination |
| | | Section 3.5. Storage Policy Management |
| | | Section 3.6. Data Protection |
| | | Section 3.7. High Availability |
| | | Section 3.8. Virtualization |
| | | Section 3.9. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 4. Storage System Control Points |
| | | Section 4.1. Storage Service Deliverables |
| | | Section 4.2. Brief History and Evolution of Storage |
| | | Section 4.3. Placing Storage Intelligence |
| | | Section 4.4. Building Blocks of Distributed Systems |
| | | Section 4.5. Network Control Points |
| | | Section 4.6. Balancing Multivendor Configurations |
| | | Section 4.7. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 5. Reaping Value from Storage Networks |
| | | Section 5.1. Balancing Offensive and Defensive Strategies |
| | | Section 5.2. Primary Defensive Strategies |
| | | Section 5.3. Primary Offensive Strategies |
| | | Section 5.4. Measuring Returns |
| | | Section 5.5. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 6. Business Continuity for Mission-Critical Applications |
| | | Section 6.1. Assessing Business Continuity Objectives |
| | | Section 6.2. Availability within the Data Center |
| | | Section 6.3. Availability Across Geographies: Disaster Tolerance and Recovery |
| | | Section 6.4. Corporate Systems |
| | | Section 6.5. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 7. Options for Operational Agility |
| | | Section 7.1. Outsourced Storage |
| | | Section 7.2. Integrated Network Services |
| | | Section 7.3. Managing Service Level Agreements |
| | | Section 7.4. Application Deployment |
| | | Section 7.5. Corporate Asset Management |
| | | Section 7.6. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 8. Initiating Deployment |
| | | Section 8.1. Infrastructure Design Shifts |
| | | Section 8.2. Qualifying and Quantifying IT Deployment |
| | | Section 8.3. IP Storage Network Scenarios |
| | | Section 8.4. Maximizing Operational Efficiency |
| | | Section 8.5. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 9. Assessing Network Connectivity |
| | | Section 9.1. Modern Networks Use Layered Protocols |
| | | Section 9.2. Options for Metropolitan-and Wide-Area Storage Networking |
| | | Section 9.3. Metropolitan- and Wide-Area Storage Network Products |
| | | Section 9.4. MAN and WAN Services |
| | | Section 9.5. Security for Storage Networking |
| | | Section 9.6. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 10. Long-Distance Storage Networking Applications |
| | | Section 10.1. IP Storage Networking Expands Remote Data Replication |
| | | Section 10.2. The Technology Behind IP Storage Data Replication |
| | | Section 10.3. Sizing the Link Bandwidth for Long-Distance Storage Networking Applications |
| | | Section 10.4. Estimating the Effects of Network Latency on Applications Performance |
| | | Section 10.5. The Effects of TCP on Application Performance |
| | | Section 10.6. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 11. Managing the Storage Domain |
| | | Section 11.1. Incrementing to Simplicity |
| | | Section 11.2. Clearing the Decks: Core Versus Context |
| | | Section 11.3. Defining Simplicity |
| | | Section 11.4. Managing Storage: A Plan of Attack |
| | | Section 11.5. Creating Effective Policy Systems |
| | | Section 11.6. Outsourcing for Management Simplicity |
| | | Section 11.7. Chapter Summary |
| | Chapter 12. Perfecting the Storage Engine |
| | | Section 12.1. Strategic Objectives |
| | | Section 12.2. Tactical Goals |
| | | Section 12.3. Storage Advances to Watch |
| | | Section 12.4. Chapter Summary |
| | Appendix A. IT Service Recovery Strategy: Best Opportunity for Success |
| | | Executive Overview |
| | | Evolution to a SAN Environment |
| | | Strategic Decisions |
| | | Distributed Systems Strategy |
| | | Backup Strategy |
| | | Recovery Facility Strategy |
| | | IT Service Recovery Documentation |
| | | Roadblocks to Quality IT Service Recovery Documentation |
| | | IT Service Recovery Risk Assessment |
| | | Identifying Assets |
| | | Identify Risks |
| | | The Need for Speed! |
| | Appendix B. The Broadview Storage Perspective |