Storage Area Network Essentials: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Implementing SANs

Foreword.

Introduction.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING STORAGE NETWORKING.

What Storage Networking Is and What It Can Mean to You.

Benefits: What to Expect from SANs.

Leading up to SANs: One View of Data Center Evolution.

Killer Apps for SANs.

PART TWO: THE PARTS: WHAT'S IN A SAN.

Storage Networking Architecture.

The Storage in Storage Networking.

The Network in Storage Networking.

Basic Software for Storage Networking.

Advanced Software for Storage Networking.

Enterprise Backup Software for Storage Area Networks.

PART THREE: SAN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.

Adopting Storage Networking.

Managing SANs.

Afterword: Speculations on the Future of SAN.

Appendix: Storage Networking Organizations.

Dictionary of Storage Networking Terminology.

Index.