List of Figures and Tables
FIGURES
| 1.1 | Server-Centric IT architecture |
| 1.2 | Inflexible allocation of free storage capacity |
| 1.3 | Storage-Centric IT architecture |
| 1.4 | Server upgrade: preparation of a new server |
| 1.5 | Server upgrade: testing a new server |
| 1.6 | Server upgrade: putting a new server into service |
| 1.7 | Structure of this book |
| 2.1 | Connection of servers to a disk subsystem |
| 2.2 | Architecture of intelligent disk subsystems |
| 2.3 | Flexible allocation of free storage capacity |
| 2.4 | Comparison: large and small internal hard disks |
| 2.5 | Internal I/O channels: active and active/passive |
| 2.6 | Internal I/O channels: active/active |
| 2.7 | Virtualisation by RAID |
| 2.8 | Replacing a defective physical hard disk |
| 2.9 | RAID 0 (striping) |
| 2.10 | RAID 1 (mirroring) |
| 2.11 | RAID 0+1 (mirrored stripes) |
| 2.12 | RAID 10 (striped mirrors) |
| 2.13 | RAID 0+1: failure of a physical hard disk |
| 2.14 | RAID 10: failure of a physical hard disk |
| 2.15 | RAID 4 (parity disk) |
| 2.16 | RAID 4 and RAID 5: write penalty |
| 2.17 | RAID 5 (striped parity) |
| 2.18 | Instant copy |
| 2.19 | Space-efficient instant copy |
| 2.20 | High availability with remote mirroring |
| 2.21 | Data flow of synchronous remote mirroring |
| 2.22 | Data flow of asynchronous remote mirroring |
| 2.23 | Synchronous and asynchronous remote mirroring combined |
| 2.24 | Consistency groups in heterogeneous environments |
| 2.25 | Write order consistency ... |
