Storage Virtualization

Technologies for Simplifying Data Storage and Management

Tom Clark

250 pages, parution le 27/05/2005

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Evaluating, Planning, and Implementing High-Value Storage Virtualization Solutions

Storage virtualization has come of age, offering IT professionals powerful new ways to simplify infrastructure, streamline management, improve utilization, and reduce costs. Now, the author of the best-selling storage books IP SANs and Designing Storage Area Networks presents an up-to-the-minute, vendor-neutral overview of storage virtualization in all its forms.

Writing for IT managers, administrators, architects, analysts, consultants, and vendors, Tom Clark explains everything from the basics to the latest emerging standards. Storage Virtualization uses realistic examples and diagrams to explain each key concept, concluding with case studies that demonstrate real-world implementation and help you assess the technology's business value. Coverage includes

The current state of both storage virtualization technologies and the marketplace
Relationships among files, records, data on disk, and storage interconnections
Virtualization standards, including the Fabric Application Interface Standard
How multiple storage systems are abstracted into virtual storage pools
Host-based virtualization, array-based virtualization, and virtualization appliances
Virtualization services for high availability and heterogeneous storage applications
Virtualized SAN file systems that simplify file management and support distributed computing
Virtualized tape backup, including Redundant Array of Independent Tape (RAIT) devices
Policy-based storage management, application-sensitive virtualization intelligence, and other high-level automation and virtualization services
The future of storage virtualization and storage utilities
Extensive resource listings: vendors, industry organizations, and standards initiatives

Sommaire

Introduction
Files and Records
Data on Disk
The Storage Interconnect
Abstracting Physical Storage
Virtualization at the Host
Virtualization at the Storage Target
Fabric-based Virtualization
Virtualization Appliances
Virtualization Services
Virtualized SAN File Systems
Virtual Tape
Storage Automation and Virtualization
The Storage Utility
Appendix A: Industry Resources
Appendix B: Vendor Resources
Appendix C: Observations and Speculations

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Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Tom Clark
Parution	27/05/2005
Nb. de pages	250
Format	17 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	505g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321262516
ISBN13	978-0-321-26251-6