SANs Demystified, 1st Edition

Chapter 1: Understanding Storage Area Networks

What is a SAN?

Who Needs a SAN?

What Should Every Good SAN Do?

Designing a SAN

The Preferred Technology That Powers a SAN

Chapter 2: Understanding How a SAN Works

The Basics

How Fibre Channel Works

Protocol Basics to SAN Services

Fibre Channel Topologies

Fibre Channel Architectures by Design

Other Emerging Technologies

Chapter 3: SAN Setup

Combining Switch Access and Shared Media

Managing a SAN

Common SAN Terminology and Organizations

Understanding the Difference Between NAS and SAN

Chapter 4: Configuring SANs: Dos and Don't's

Configuring From Existing Legacy Systems

SAN Configuration

Return on Investments

Interoperability Issues

SAN Gateways

Project Management

Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)

Wide Area Networks (WANs)

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Chapter 5: Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel Overview

Concepts and Terminology

Fibre Channel Architecture

Ports

Fibre Channel Service Classes

Fibre Channel Topologies

More Concepts and Terminology

Transmission Hierarchy

Chapter 6: Case Studies

SAN Implementation Saves Money and Boosts Network

R&B Group Adds Redundancy and Speed

Forest Products Manufacturer Takes Control of its Storage

Two Risk-Averse Users Tread Cautiously During SAN Development

Law Firm Backs Up Data to "EVaults"

Global Provider Relies on Flexible Storage

Data Restoration Package One-Ups Lovebug and Anna Kournikova

Euroconex Turns to MTI for High-Availability Data Storage

What $100 Trillion in the Balance, DTCC Plays it Close to the Vest

SAN-Bound A. B. Watley on Migration Path with Sun StorEdge T3 Arrays

New SNIA Technology Center Opened for Interoperability Testing

Glossary

Appendix A: Quick Reference Card

Index