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Storage Networking Fundamentals: An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, and Filing Systems
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Storage Networking Fundamentals: An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, and Filing Systems

by Marc Farley
December 2004
Beginner
480 pages
11h 54m
English
Cisco Press
Content preview from Storage Networking Fundamentals: An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, and Filing Systems

Chapter 3. Getting Down with Storage I/O

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to

  • Participate in discussions and planning sessions regarding the requirements and design goals of storage network designs

  • Identify all the various hardware, software, and networking components involved in I/O transmissions in a storage network

  • Discuss the role of the operating system in I/O processes, including the difference between user space and kernel space operations and how they impact storage processes

It's difficult to understand the details of storage networking without understanding the big picture of how data gets from an application to storage media and back again. This chapter explores the basic requirements for storage I/O that create the operating ...

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