Building Storage Networks

Network Storage Landscape Changing Role of Data Flood of Fluid Data Traditional Storage Options Open Systems Client/Server Storage Open Systems Servers Data on Mainframe Systems SCSI The Reigning I/O Channel Technology Open Systems Servers I/O Channel The Origins of SCSI SCSI Limitations New Storage Connectivity Options Network Attached Storage Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks Path for Storage I/O System Memory Bus System Memory Bus Host I/O Controllers I/O Bus Network Connectivity Storage Devices SCSI Bus Integration SCSI Bus Logical Components Application Software Operating System File Systems Database Systems Volume Managers Device Drivers Combining Hardware Combining Hardware and Software into an I/O ��Stack� I/O Path Workstations Local I/O Path Network Servers Theme and Variations Client/Server I/O I/O Redirection Server-Side Network I/O Device Virtualization I/O Path for Virtualization Disk Mirroring Data Protection Availability Performance Safeguarding Your Data Disk Mirroring Solution Software Mirroring I/O Controller Mirroring External Disk Subsystem The �Big Pipe Mirroring External Disk Caching Cache Hits Cache Misses Disk Caching Disk Cache Components Optimizing Disk Cache Configuring Cache Solid State Disks Uses of SSDs Nonvolatile SSDs Tagged Command Queuing Disk Drives Boosting Availability RAID Capacity RAID Disk Subsystems Power Protection RAID Reliability Through Redundancy RAID Levels Combining RAID Levels Network Backup Restore Operations Tape Rotation Managing Backup SAN and NAS Technologies SAN Designs SAN Architectures Storage Pooling Fibre Channel Networking Nodes and Ports Loop Initialization The Syntax of Fibre Channel Plug and Play Storage Network Attached Storage Devices The NASD Project Intelligence and Data Sharing Cache Coherence Data on S/390 MVS Mainframes ESCON/SAN Data Transfers Clustered Storage Clustering Servers Internet Infrastructure Storage