Overview of Information Storage and Management, 2ed Book

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. Special Features ?ú EMC aggressively promotes its own book worldwide office as well as a dedicated website just for the book. The book is used by all the sales reps at client visits as well as all conferences around the world where EMC has a presence. ?ú https://education.emc.com/ISMbook/default.aspx - this web site links to all accounts and various formats of the book. ?ú Covers new advancements in existing technologies such as VMware and the emergence of "Cloud" ?ú Provides IT professionals with a full training course all in one: covers the foundations of all types of storage including Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SANS) from the world's #1 leading data storage vendor Table of Content Section I Storage System Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Storage 1.1 Information Storage 1.2 Evolution of Storage Architecture 1.3 Data Center Infrastructure 1.4 Virtualization and Cloud Computing 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 Chapter 3 Data Protection: RAID 3.1 RAID Implementation Methods 3.2 RAID Array Components 3.3 RAID Techniques 3.4 RAID Levels 3.5 RAID Impact on Disk Performance 3.6 RAID Comparison 3.7 Hot Spares Chapter 4 Intelligent Storage Systems 4.1 Components of an Intelligent Storage System 4.2 Storage Provisioning 4.3 Types of Intelligent Storage Systems 4.4 Concepts in Practice: EMC Symmetrix and VNX Section II Storage Networking Technologies 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 Chapter 6 IP SAN and FCoE 6.2 FCIP 6.3 FCoE Chapter 7 Network-Attached Storage 7.1 General-Purpose Servers versus NAS Devices 7.2 Benefi ts 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 Chapter 8 Object-Based and Unified Storage 8.1 Object-Based Storage Devices 8.2 Content-Addressed Storage 8.3 CAS Use Cases 8.4 Unifi ed Storage 8.5 Concepts in Practice: EMC Atmos, EMC VNX, and EMC Centera Section III Backup, Archive, and Replication Chapter 9 Introduction to Business Continuity 9.1 Information Availability 9.2 BC Terminology 9.3 BC Planning Life Cycle 9.4 Failure Analysis 9.5 Business Impact Analysis 9.6 BC Technology Solutions 9.7 Concept in Practice: EMC PowerPath 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 Environ