Book description
The new edition of a bestseller, now revised and update throughout!
This new edition of the unparalleled bestseller serves as a full training course all in one and as the world's largest data storage company, EMC is the ideal author for such a critical resource. They cover the components of a storage system and the different storage system models while also offering essential new material that explores the advances in existing technologies and the emergence of the "Cloud" as well as updates and vital information on new technologies.
Features a separate section on emerging area of cloud computing
Covers new technologies such as: data de-duplication, unified storage, continuous data protection technology, virtual provisioning, FCoE, flash drives, storage tiering, big data, and more
Details storage models such as Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN), Object Based Storage along with virtualization at various infrastructure components
Explores Business Continuity and Security in physical and virtualized environment
Includes an enhanced Appendix for additional information
This authoritative guide is essential for getting up to speed on the newest advances in information storage and management.
Table of contents
- Cover
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Section I: Storage System
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Storage
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Chapter 2: Data Center Environment
- 2.1 Application
- 2.2 Database Management System (DBMS)
- 2.3 Host (Compute)
- 2.4 Connectivity
- 2.5 Storage
- 2.6 Disk Drive Components
- 2.7 Disk Drive Performance
- 2.8 Host Access to Data
- 2.9 Direct-Attached Storage
- 2.10 Storage Design Based on Application Requirements and Disk Performance
- 2.11 Disk Native Command Queuing
- 2.12 Introduction to Flash Drives
- 2.13 Concept in Practice: VMware ESXi
- 2.14 Summary
- Chapter 3: Data Protection: RAID
- Chapter 4: Intelligent Storage Systems
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Section II: Storage Networking Technologies
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Chapter 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks
- 5.1 Fibre Channel: Overview
- 5.2 The SAN and Its Evolution
- 5.3 Components of FC SAN
- 5.4 FC Connectivity
- 5.5 Switched Fabric Ports
- 5.6 Fibre Channel Architecture
- 5.7 Fabric Services
- 5.8 Switched Fabric Login Types
- 5.9 Zoning
- 5.10 FC SAN Topologies
- 5.11 Virtualization in SAN
- 5.12 Concepts in Practice: EMC Connectrix and EMC VPLEX
- 5.13 Summary
- Chapter 6: IP SAN and FCoE
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Chapter 7: Network-Attached Storage
- 7.1 General-Purpose Servers versus NAS Devices
- 7.2 Benefits of NAS
- 7.3 File Systems and Network File Sharing
- 7.4 Components of NAS
- 7.5 NAS I/O Operation
- 7.6 NAS Implementations
- 7.7 NAS File-Sharing Protocols
- 7.8 Factors Affecting NAS Performance
- 7.9 File-Level Virtualization
- 7.10 Concepts in Practice: EMC Isilon and EMC VNX Gateway
- 7.11 Summary
- Chapter 8: Object-Based and Unified Storage
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Chapter 5: Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks
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Section III: Backup, Archive, and Replication
- Chapter 9: Introduction to Business Continuity
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Chapter 10: Backup and Archive
- 10.1 Backup Purpose
- 10.2 Backup Considerations
- 10.3 Backup Granularity
- 10.4 Recovery Considerations
- 10.5 Backup Methods
- 10.6 Backup Architecture
- 10.7 Backup and Restore Operations
- 10.8 Backup Topologies
- 10.9 Backup in NAS Environments
- 10.10 Backup Targets
- 10.11 Data Deduplication for Backup
- 10.12 Backup in Virtualized Environments
- 10.13 Data Archive
- 10.14 Archiving Solution Architecture
- 10.15 Concepts in Practice: EMC NetWorker, EMC Avamar, and EMC Data Domain
- 10.16 Summary
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Chapter 11: Local Replication
- 11.1 Replication Terminology
- 11.2 Uses of Local Replicas
- 11.3 Replica Consistency
- 11.4 Local Replication Technologies
- 11.5 Tracking Changes to Source and Replica
- 11.6 Restore and Restart Considerations
- 11.7 Creating Multiple Replicas
- 11.8 Local Replication in a Virtualized Environment
- 11.9 Concepts in Practice: EMC TimeFinder, EMC SnapView, and EMC RecoverPoint
- 11.10 Summary
- Chapter 12: Remote Replication
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Section V: Securing and Managing Storage Infrastructure
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Chapter 13: Cloud Computing
- 13.1 Cloud Enabling Technologies
- 13.2 Characteristics of Cloud Computing
- 13.3 Benefits of Cloud Computing
- 13.4 Cloud Service Models
- 13.5 Cloud Deployment Models
- 13.6 Cloud Computing Infrastructure
- 13.7 Cloud Challenges
- 13.8 Cloud Adoption Considerations
- 13.9 Concepts in Practice: Vblock
- 13.10 Summary
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Chapter 13: Cloud Computing
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Section V: Securing and Managing Storage Infrastructure
- Chapter 14: Securing the Storage Infrastructure
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Chapter 15: Managing the Storage Infrastructure
- 15.1 Monitoring the Storage Infrastructure
- 15.2 Storage Infrastructure Management Activities
- 15.3 Storage Infrastructure Management Challenges
- 15.4 Developing an Ideal Solution
- 15.5 Information Lifecycle Management
- 15.6 Storage Tiering
- 15.7 Concepts in Practice: EMC Infrastructure Management Tools
- 15.8 Summary
- Appendix A: Application I/O Characteristics
- Appendix B: Parallel SCSI
- Appendix C: SAN Design Exercises
- Appendix D: Information Availability Exercises
- Appendix E: Network Technologies for Remote Replication
- Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Foreword
- Introduction
Product information
- Title: Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information in Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118236963
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