Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals: Understanding Techniques and Designs for Highly Efficient Data Centers with Cisco Nexus, UCS, MDS, and Beyond, First Edition

Introduction

“I am very interested in learning data center technologies. How should I start?”

Since I first heard this question, I have seen many IT professionals become overwhelmed with the vertigo-inducing development of new data center technologies. From my perspective, their frustration was mainly caused by attempting to understand this subject without being properly introduced to the most fundamental concepts and definitions related to these complex environments. And that opinion has always formed the basis of my advice to them.

However, as the years passed, I observed how my answer to this question was becoming more elaborate. Understandably, an increasingly diverse background was being required from these professionals, mainly because ...