Storage Area Network Essentials

The inside scoop on a leading-edge data storage technology The rapid growth of e-commerce and the need to have all kinds ofapplications operating at top speed at the same time, all on a 24/7basis while connected to the Internet, is overwhelming traditionaldata storage methods. The solution? Storage Area Networks(SANs)--the data communications technology that's expected torevolutionize distributed computing. Written by top technologyexperts at VERITAS Software Global Corporation, this book takesreaders through all facets of storage networking, explaining how aSAN can help consolidate conventional server storage onto networks,how it makes applications highly available no matter how much datais being stored, and how this in turn makes data access andmanagement faster and easier. System and network managersconsidering storage networking for their enterprises, as well asapplication developers and IT staff, will find invaluable advice onthe design and deployment of the technology and how it works.Detailed, up-to-date coverage includes: * The evolution of the technology and what is expected fromSANs * Killer applications for SANs * Full coverage of storage networking and what it means for theenterprise's information processing architecture * Individual chapters devoted to the storage, network, andsoftware components of storage networking * Issues for implementation and adoption