Storage Area Networks for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Authors: Christopher Poelker, Alex Nikitin
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 33648
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 408
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 0764524801
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
UPC: 785555861527
EAN: 9780764524806
Publication Date: February 17, 2003
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Product Description
In case you weren’t sure, a storage area network, or SAN, is a collection of computers and storage devices connected over a high-speed optical network and dedicated to the task of storing and protecting data. SANs solve many of the data storage and management problems that have long bedeviled enterprise networks, and they save companies who use them a bundle. Which is why SAN administration is one of the highest-paid jobs in IT today. Add storage area networking to your resume and your phone will ring off the hook with calls by head-hunters promising of six-figure salaries. Bored with in your current IT job and looking for a change of pace—and bigger bucks? Then Storage Area Networks For Dummies is for you. Have you been tasked with designing, implementing, or troubleshooting your company’s SAN and need to play catch-up in a hurry? Look no further. In no time, this book gets you on track with the know-how and confidence you need to: - Choose the right hardware for the job
- Design state-of-the-art SANs
- Implement a SAN and get it running like a well-oiled machine
- Configure, manage and troubleshoot SANs
- Seamlessly integrate two or more SANs
- Become a SAN sage and give your career a major boost
From the ABCs of SANs to making the most of advanced SAN features, Storage Area Networks For Dummies covers all the bases in plain English and with loads of real-life examples. Key topics covered include: - What are SANs, how they work, and who needs them
- SAN protocols, components, and common problems
- Designing and building a SAN
- SANs and disaster recovery
- Networking SANs
- Understanding, choosing, and using SAN backup solutions
- Making the most of Point-in-Time technology
- Outsourcing SANs
- Managing and troubleshooting SANs
The solution to so many enterprise data storage problems, SANs equal heightened efficiency and productivity for organizations and greater prosperity for those who build and manage them. Let Storage Area Networks For Dummies help you get in on the ground floor of one of today’s hottest IT growth areas.
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 Excellant over view of NAS servers. March 3, 2005
Book Reader (Irvine, CA United States)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is the first book that I have seen that gives a clear and concise over view of SAN. I have looked at several books, and while they may be very good and detailed, they usually assume that the reader has has previous experiece with SAN servers. In essence they describe their speciality and not how the system works as a whole. You could say that they describe a tree or particular plant and not the ecology of the whole forest.
This book begins at a high level explaining how the system works as a whole and then works down to the detail level with examples of installing switches and servers, with command line entry examples.
If you are getting started in system adminiatration and storage servers, I highly recommend this book as one of your first reads. This books covers using both Windows and UNIX.
Great buy November 3, 2006
JOSE LUIS SILVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book gives a complete view on SANs in a very clear language, with lots of techical information and practical examples. It is the best book I know to obtain a more than enough knowledge to decide what to buy and how to design and implement. Simply great.
I was very happy and so was my HP SAN teacher February 12, 2007
Marc Brown (AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book just before taking an HP SAN training class and before this book I knew Zero about SAN; after I not only understood the class, I understood it well. I told my teacher I was going to try to take the snia exam and he looked through the book and said it was written well and covered most if not all of the important material.
Excellent Primer May 17, 2006
Srinivas Chitrapu (Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent introduction into SAN background, Design, Technologies. Perfect for Admin, Managers. Easy enough to understand, but detailed enough to be of value.
This book delivers -- Big Time! April 16, 2007
jBruno (New Jersey, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a DBA and needed to understand a few technologies about SANs and I had no where to look, until I read the reviews about this book on Amazon and decided to trust most of the reviewers and boy were they right. Excellent, excellent material delivered in a way that non-storage Admins would understand. I wish it wasn't put under the 'Dummies' series though.
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