Data Storage Networking: Real World Skills for the CompTIA Storage+ Certification and Beyond

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dear Reader
5. Dedication
6. Acknowledgments
7. About the Author
8. Contents
9. Foreword
10. Introduction
11. Chapter 1: Storage Primer
    1. The Importance of Information Technology
    2. The Role of Storage in IT
    3. Chapter Essentials
12. Chapter 2: Storage Devices
    1. Storage from 40,000 Feet
    2. The Mechanical Disk Drive
    3. Solid-State Media
    4. Hybrid Drives
    5. Tape
    6. Further Storage Considerations
    7. Summary
    8. Chapter Essentials
13. Chapter 3: Storage Arrays
    1. Storage Arrays—Setting the Scene
    2. The Anatomy of a Storage Array
    3. Storage Array Intelligence
    4. Chapter Essentials
    5. Summary
14. Chapter 4: RAID: Keeping Your Data Safe
    1. The History and Reason for RAID
    2. What Is RAID?
    3. Hardware or Software RAID
    4. RAID Concepts
    5. RAID Levels
    6. The Future of RAID
    7. Chapter Essentials
    8. Summary
15. Chapter 5: Fibre Channel SAN
    1. What Is an FC SAN?
    2. Why FC SAN?
    3. FC SAN Components
    4. SAN Topologies
    5. FC SAN Troubleshooting
    6. Chapter Essentials
    7. Summary
16. Chapter 6: iSCSI SAN
    1. iSCSI from 40,000 Feet
    2. Initiators and Targets
    3. IP Network Considerations
    4. iSCSI Names
    5. Device Discovery
    6. iSCSI Sessions
    7. iSNS
    8. Security
    9. iSCSI Gateways
    10. Chapter Essentials
    11. Summary
17. Chapter 7: Files, NAS, and Objects
    1. What Files, NAS, and Objects Are
    2. Network-Attached Storage
    3. Object Storage
    4. Chapter Essentials
    5. Summary
18. Chapter 8: Replication Technologies
    1. Business Continuity
    2. Replication
    3. Local Snapshots
    4. Summary
    5. Chapter Essentials
19. Chapter 9: Storage Virtualization
    1. What Storage Virtualization Is
    2. The SNIA Shared Storage Model
    3. Why Storage Virtualization?
    4. Controller-Based Virtualization
    5. Software-Defined Storage
    6. Chapter Essentials
    7. Summary
20. Chapter 10: Capacity Optimization Technologies
    1. Capacity Optimization Technologies Overview
    2. Thin Provisioning
    3. Compression
    4. Deduplication
    5. Auto-Tiering
    6. Summary
    7. Chapter Essentials
21. Chapter 11: Backup and Recovery
    1. Why We Back Up
    2. It's All about Recovery
    3. Backup Architecture
    4. Backup Methods
    5. Backup Types
    6. Backup Targets and Devices
    7. Backup Retention Policies
    8. Archiving
    9. Summary
    10. Chapter Essentials
22. Chapter 12: Storage Management
    1. Capacity Management
    2. Performance Management
    3. Alerting
    4. Storage Resource Management Applications
    5. Management Protocols and Interfaces
    6. Summary
    7. Chapter Essentials
23. Chapter 13: The Wider Data Center Neighborhood
    1. Data Center Design
    2. Data Center Overview
    3. Data Center Cabling
    4. Working in the Data Center
    5. Summary
    6. Chapter Essentials
24. Chapter 14: Converged Networking
    1. A Tale of Two Networks
    2. Single Converged Data Center Network
    3. Summary
    4. Chapter Essentials
25. Chapter 15: Cloud Storage
    1. The Cloud Overview
    2. Storage and the Cloud
    3. Summary
    4. Chapter Essentials
26. Appendix A: The CompTIA Storage+ Exam
27. Appendix B: About the Additional Study Tools
28. Glossary