The Essential Guide to Storage Area Networks
暫譯: 儲存區域網路必備指南

John R. Vacca

The Essential Guide to Storage Area Networks
  • 出版商: Prentice Hall
  • 出版日期: 2001-11-12
  • 定價: $1,398
  • 售價: 2.9 折 $399
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 624
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0130935751
  • ISBN-13: 9780130935755
  • 相關分類: Information-management、雲端運算

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  • The up-to-the-minute SAN guide for every decision-maker
  • Concepts, standards, applications, vendors, ROI, and much more
  • Planning, design, architecture, deployment, testing, performance, maintenance, and more
  • In-depth coverage of SAN applications in high-availability mission-critical systems
  • IP-based SANs and other emerging technologies

Reliable, cost-effective SANs: an up-to-the-minute briefing for every decision-maker.

SANs enable companies to manage accelerating amounts of data far more effectively, but their reputation for complexity has deterred many companies from deploying them. Now, there's a readable, up-to-the-minute guidebook designed to help business and IT professionals understand SAN technology, make intelligent decisions, and derive maximum business advantage from SANs—starting right now. Leading network consultant John Vacca covers the entire SAN lifecycle, from planning and strategy to implementation and day-to-day administration. Coverage includes:

  • SANs: what they are and what they offer
  • Debunking the Top 5 SAN myths
  • Comparing today's leading approaches: advantages, disadvantages, and tradeoffs
  • The SAN vendor community-including the newest SAN service providers
  • IP-based SANs and other emerging standards—and what they mean to you
  • Practical techniques for cost-justifying, planning, and designing SANs
  • Maximizing scalability and availability
  • In-depth deployment coverage: installation, testing, rollout, and performance certification
  • Day-to-day management and maintenance
  • Next-generation SAN applications—including virtual SANs for mission-critical Web applications
  • 6 valuable appendices: product lists, vendor lists, streaming SAN case study, and much more

Storage has never been more critical to your success—and by 2005 it may account for up to 70% of your IT budget. No storage technology offers more promise than SANs. Now's the time to understand them, and this is the book: The Essential Guide to Storage Area Networks.

Table of Contents

Foreword.
Introduction.
Importance of Storage.
Value of Data.
Enterprise Core Competency.
Pros and Cons of Storage.
Multiple Data Storage Options.
Managing the Arsenal.
Growing Storage Staff.
Who's Using SANs?
Who This Book is For.
What's So Special About This Book?
Part I: Overview of SANs Technology.
Part II: Designing SANs.
Part III: Planning for SANs.
Part IV: Installing and Deploying SANs.
Part V: Maintaining the SANs.
Part VI: SAN Solutions and Future Directions.
Part VII: Appendices.
Conventions.
Acknowledgments.

I. OVERVIEW OF SANS TECHNOLOGY.

SANs Fundamentals.

But What is a SAN—Really? Network Attached Storage (NAS). SAN Attached Storage (SAS). SAN Interfaces. SAN Interconnects. SAN Fabrics. Building a SAN. Why Are SANs Important? SAN Applications. Types of SAN Operating Systems Software and Hardware Components. Sharing Data in a SAN. The Case for SAN Hardware. SAN Market Demand and Projections by Region and Country. Evolution of the SAN Market. The Value of Information. The Business Information Landscape Today. Preparing for Storage Area Networking. The Challenge of Implementing SAN Technology. The Storage Networking Management Vision. From Here. End Notes.


Types of SAN Technology.

FC-AL: A First Step. SAN Setbacks. Technology and Configuration. High Scalability and Flexibility. Web Service Scaling Factors. Current Web Server Practice. Storage in the Web Server Plant. Revisiting the SAN. SANs for Web Servers: A Scalable Alternative. Technology Platform, Techniques, and Alternatives. How the GTA Did It. Scenarios. Other Scenarios. Breaking Tradition in Video Distribution. Purely Analog Video. The Introduction of Digital to Video. The Video Creation and Manipulation Workstation. A Faster Network. Push versus Pull. SANs in Video. SAP R/3 Storage Management. Environment Setup. Split Mirror Backup. Split Mirror Backup Process. Process Automation. Suspension of Application Writes. Recovery. From Here. End Notes.


Standards.

Like Ethernet, SANs Standards Are Evolving. A Phased Approach. Getting to the Third Phase. Other Players. The Future of SAN Standards. From Here. End Notes.


Types of Vendor and SANs Service Providers.

SAN Self-Service. The Interoperability Labs. The Turnkey Solution. Service Provider Outsourcing. Multiple Computer Platforms High-Speed Data Sharing. Deficiency of LAN Solutions. The SAN Revolution. True SAN-Based Data Sharing. The Future Is Sharing. Indirect Channel Opportunity. The Changing Role of the Channel. Drivers of Storage Market Growth. Identifying and Creating Opportunities in the SAN Market. Storage Suppliers Respond to Growing Customer Demand. Sharing Information. SANs Are Not a New Technology. Translating SANs into Opportunity for Partners. Business Value of SAN. Overcoming Users' Concerns about SANs. What SANs Mean to the Channel: Road Map for Exploiting SAN Opportunities. Building Up to SAN. Choosing a SAN Supplier. IBM Business Partners: Opportunities in Storage Area Networks—The Sum is Greater than the Whole. Multivendor Enterprise Storage Area Networks End-to-End Services. Storage Management Challenges. Networked Storage: The New Paradigm. Implementation Challenges. A Service-Driven SAN Strategy, from IBM. Storage Subsystems for Video Services. Related Work. Overview. Storage Server Requirements. Storage Subsystem Requirements. User and Storage Area Network Requirements. Software Requirements. The Basic Server Configuration. The Disk Subsystem. The Video Storage Server. Server Memory Requirements. Server Processing Requirements. Multiple Server Configurations. The Server Interconnect Problem: A Case for Fibre Channel. Is There an SSP in Your Future? From Here. End Notes.


Providing SAN Scalability and High Availability.

The Increased Need for Higher Availability. High-Level Availability Objectives. System Availability through Redundancy. Applications. Servers and Host Bus Adapters. Storage. Mirroring. Switches. Networking in the Fabric. Meshed Tree Topology for Switches. A Single Fabric with Dual Connectivity. A Dual Fabric with Dual Connectivity. Reliability Calculations for Single and Dual Fabrics. Zoning. Fabric Management. The Key to High Availability. From Here. End Notes.

II. DESIGNING SANS.


SAN Design Issues.

Fibre Channel Topologies. Customer Selection of Fibre Channel Products. Designing Storage Networks. Application Requirements. Protocol Support. Cable Plant. Distance between Devices. Number of Devices. Accommodation of Legacy Devices. Anticipated Growth. Traffic Volumes. Departmental Segmentation. Redundancy. Disaster Recovery. SNMP Management. Cost/Performance Ratio. Design It and They Will Come. SAN Story. End-User Education. SAN-to-SAN Connectivity. Cost Considerations. SAN Software. OEM Involvement. From Here. End Notes.


Cost Justification and Consideration.

Financial Impact of a SAN. Capital Savings. Backup Savings. Data Management. Justification of SAN Operating Costs. Financial Considerations and Acquisitions. Mission-Critical. The Middle Road. The Value Approach. Final Decision. Acquisitions. From Here. End Notes.


Standards Design Issues.

Designing Distributed SAN Standards. Driving Forces behind Infiniband Technology Adoption. Revolutionizing Internet Data Centers. SAN Standard Design Implications. IDC View of Infiniband. Postscript. New Storage Standards Design Issues. IP Debate Heating Up. Industry Unity over Standards? Customer Considerations. No Winning Protocol Likely. From Here. End Notes.


Architectural Design Considerations.

Traditional Captive Storage Architecture. SAN Architecture. Interface Comparison. SAN's Shared Storage versus Traditional Captive Storage. Availability/Reliability. Performance. Configuration Flexibility. Cost. From Here. End Note.

III. PLANNING FOR SANS.


Implementation of Plan Development.

Scalability. How Available Is It? Security Issues. How Easy Is Management? Minimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Thinking Strategically. Disaster Recovery Plan. Data Explosion. Platform Proliferation. Restoration is the Issue. Mirror, Mirror. No Panaceas. How to Make SANs a Reality in Your Environment with Your Infrastructure. Internet-Based Water Exchange Pours Resources into a SAN Infrastructure. Preparing for a SAN. Making the Decision for a SAN? Planning and Designing a SAN. Getting Help. Going Live with a SAN. From Here. End Notes.


Virtual Storage Area Networks Planning Techniques: Making the Web Mission-Critical.

No Standards Yet. SAN Clustering Technologies. Traditional IP Clustering and SANs. Storage Clusters. The Global File System. Shared GFS Root File Systems. Storage Clusters and Centralized Storage. SAN Virtualization Architectural Planning Guidelines. Virtualization Schemes. Selection Criteria. Back to the Choices. Ensuring that Your Storage Virtualization Doors are Never Closed. What is True Storage Virtualization? The Ability to Stripe across and Utilize All Available Space. The Ability to Centrally Manage and Share Storage. Nonvirtualized versus Virtualized Storage in the Real World. Nonvirtualized Storage and True Storage Virtualization. A Better Solution: True Storage Virtualization. From Here. End Notes.

IV. INSTALLING AND DEPLOYING SANS.


Testing Techniques.

Physical Layer Testing. Application Layer Testing. Management Layer Testing. Why Use SAN Testing? SANmark Revision “A” Test Suite. The Role of the SANmark Revision “A” Test. Other Testing Technology. From Here. End Notes.


Installation and Deployment.

Look to Your Applications. Prepare for the Future. How to Deploy a SAN. Expanding Storage the SAN Way. A Packaged Solution. Using HSM Technology. Getting Started on SAN. Start with Hubs. Link Hubs to a Fibre Channel Switch. Big Switch Phase. The Next Phase of SAN Deployment: Storage Switch Technology. What's Driving SAN Evolution? The Storage Switch: A Simple, Cost-Effective Approach to SAN Switching. Applying Storage Switch in the SAN: One-Tier SAN. Industry Validation of the Storage Switch. Putting Data to Work for E-Business in SAN Installation and Deployment. The Changing Environment. The Challenges. The Promise of SANs. From Here. End Notes.


Certification of SAN Performance.

SAN Testing and Troubleshooting. Documenting and Testing SANs. FSM Performance. Direct FSM Advantages. Scalability. Performance Results. Test Configuration. Performance Data. Certifying SAN Performance. From Here. End Notes.

V. MAINTAINING SANS.


Management of Storage Area Networks.

Data Management Solution. The Growing Need for More Efficient Information Management. The Advantages of a SAN Infrastructure. Greater Data Protection for Improved Backup and Recovery. More Efficient Utilization of IT Resources through Server and Storage Consolidation. Advanced Scalability and Manageability. Business Continuance through High Availability. Remote Disaster Recovery Capabilities. A Strategic Technology for the Future. Virtual Storage Area Networks. Requirements for Storage and Access. Possible Answer: SmartStor InfiNet. The Benefits of InfiNet. Return on Investment. Indirect Business Value: Customer Satisfaction for E-Business. How Does InfiNet Work? Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop: A Management Strategy. When is Management Required? Management Definitions: Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). General Issues in Arbitrated Loop Management. Device Management. Problem Detection. Problem Isolation. Recovery. Predictive Management. From Here. End Notes.


Ongoing Maintenance.

The Facts about SAN Software. Increasing Efficiency in the Prepress Market. The Problem of Performance. Storage Area Networks. The Power to Share. File Sharing of a LAN at the Speed of a SAN. A Mix of Operating Systems. A Slightly Different Workflow. From Here. End Notes.


Standards Development.

SAN Management Standards. Managing the Infrastructure. The Future of SAN Standards. Standards Wars: The Contenders. Standards Depend on the Customer. Two Gigabits and Beyond. From Here. End Notes.

VI. SAN SOLUTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.


High Availability Business Systems: The Role of SANs.

The Causes of Data Unavailability. Cost Trade-offs. High Availability Objectives. The SAN. The Single Building. The Campus Cluster. The Metro Cluster. From Here. End Notes.


SAN Solutions for Considerations.

Solutions to Making a SAN Work. Making SAN Work. Enterprise SAN Solutions. SAN Solutions for Consolidation. SAN Solutions for Sharing. Share Storage, File Systems, and Files. SAN Solutions for Disaster Tolerance. Clustering to Achieve True Availability. Storage Management Solutions: The Vision. Holo-Vision Storage Management Solutions of the Future. From Here. End Notes.


Role of SANs in Computer Forensics.

Evidence Collection. Securing the Computer Evidence. Forensic Analysis. Reconstructing Past Events. Becoming a Digital Detective. Frankenstein. Beauty is More than Skin Deep. What's Going On? Looking for Things. From Here. End Notes.


Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations.

The Storage Network behind the Server. The Problem: Limitations Loom over Surge of Data. Fibre Channel: The Open SAN Solution. High Bandwidth. Server and Storage Scalability. Modular Connectivity. High Availability and Fault Tolerance. Manageability. Ease of Integration. Total Cost of Ownership. Advanced Application Capabilities. SAN Future. Great Uses for Fibre Channel. Advancements. Service Differentiation. Return-on-Investment (ROI) Business Case. Storage Enters the Third Dimension: Where No SAN has Gone Before. Storage Goes Holographic. Advanced System from NASA. End Notes.

VII. APPENDICES.


Online Storage Management Checklist.
Powerful Administration.

Flexible File Migration. Quick Access to Data. Automated Scheduling. Advanced Diagnostics. List of Top SANs Implementation and Deployment Companies.


SAN Product Offerings.
SAN Storage.

SAN Software. End Notes. Standards for SANs.


SNIA Initiatives.

Initial Open SAN Solutions. Streamlined Customer Support. Next Steps by the SNIA. Setting a New Standard for SANs. How iSCSI Works. Development Milestones. Potential iSCSI Roadblocks. SCSI versus Fibre Channel Storage.


SCSI.

Fibre Channel. End Notes. List of Miscellaneous SAN Resources.


Fibre Channel.

Industry Associations. Miscellaneous SAN Resources. SCSI. Vendors. Enterprise Messaging. Partnerships. Storage Resource Management. Fibre Channel. Miscellaneous Announcements.


Glossary.
Index.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

- 每位決策者的最新 SAN 指南
- 概念、標準、應用、供應商、投資回報率等更多內容
- 計劃、設計、架構、部署、測試、性能、維護等
- 深入探討高可用性任務關鍵系統中的 SAN 應用
- 基於 IP 的 SAN 及其他新興技術

可靠且具成本效益的 SAN：為每位決策者提供的最新簡報。

SAN 使公司能夠更有效地管理不斷增長的數據量，但其複雜性使許多公司卻步於部署它們。現在，有一本可讀性強的最新指南，旨在幫助商業和 IT 專業人士理解 SAN 技術，做出明智的決策，並從 SAN 中獲得最大的商業優勢——從現在開始。知名網絡顧問 John Vacca 涵蓋了整個 SAN 生命週期，從規劃和策略到實施和日常管理。內容包括：

- SAN：它們是什麼以及提供什麼
- 駁斥前五大 SAN 神話
- 比較當今的主要方法：優勢、劣勢和權衡
- SAN 供應商社群——包括最新的 SAN 服務提供商
- 基於 IP 的 SAN 及其他新興標準——它們對您意味著什麼
- 成本合理化、計劃和設計 SAN 的實用技術
- 最大化可擴展性和可用性
- 深入的部署覆蓋：安裝、測試、推出和性能認證
- 日常管理和維護
- 下一代 SAN 應用——包括用於任務關鍵 Web 應用的虛擬 SAN
- 六個有價值的附錄：產品清單、供應商清單、流媒體 SAN 案例研究等

存儲對您的成功從未如此關鍵——到 2005 年，它可能佔您 IT 預算的 70%。沒有任何存儲技術比 SAN 更具潛力。現在是理解它們的時候，而這本書就是：存儲區域網路的基本指南。

**目錄**
前言。引言。存儲的重要性。數據的價值。企業核心競爭力。存儲的利弊。多種數據存儲選項。管理武器庫。擴大存儲人員。誰在使用 SAN？這本書的對象是誰？這本書有什麼特別之處？第一部分：SAN 技術概述。第二部分：設計 SAN。第三部分：規劃 SAN。第四部分：安裝和部署 SAN。第五部分：維護 SAN。第六部分：SAN 解決方案和未來方向。第七部分：附錄。慣例。致謝。

I. SAN 技術概述。

SAN 基礎知識。
但 SAN 究竟是什麼？網絡附加存儲 (NAS)。SAN 附加存儲 (SAS)。SAN 接口。SAN 互連。SAN 組織。構建 SAN。為什麼 SAN 重要？SAN 應用。SAN 操作系統類型、軟件和硬件組件。在 SAN 中共享數據。支持 SAN 硬件的理由。SAN 市場需求及各地區和國家的預測。SAN 市場的演變。信息的價值。當今的商業信息格局。為存儲區域網絡做準備。實施 SAN 技術的挑戰。存儲網絡管理願景。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

SAN 技術類型。

FC-AL：第一步。SAN 的挫折。技術和配置。高可擴展性和靈活性。Web 服務擴展因素。當前的 Web 伺服器實踐。Web 伺服器工廠中的存儲。重新審視 SAN。用於 Web 伺服器的 SAN：可擴展的替代方案。技術平台、技術和替代方案。GTA 如何做到的。場景。其他場景。在視頻分發中打破傳統。純模擬視頻。數字引入視頻。視頻創建和處理工作站。一個更快的網絡。推送與拉取。SAN 在視頻中的應用。SAP R/3 存儲管理。環境設置。分割鏡像備份。分割鏡像備份過程。過程自動化。暫停應用寫入。恢復。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

標準。

像以太網一樣，SAN 標準正在演變。一個分階段的方法。進入第三階段。其他參與者。SAN 標準的未來。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

供應商類型和 SAN 服務提供商。

SAN 自助服務。互操作性實驗室。交鑰匙解決方案。服務提供商外包。多個計算平台的高速數據共享。LAN 解決方案的不足。SAN 革命。真正基於 SAN 的數據共享。未來是共享。間接渠道機會。渠道角色的變化。存儲市場增長的驅動因素。在 SAN 市場中識別和創造機會。存儲供應商響應不斷增長的客戶需求。共享信息。SAN 不是一項新技術。將 SAN 轉化為合作夥伴的機會。SAN 的商業價值。克服用戶對 SAN 的擔憂。SAN 對渠道的意義：利用 SAN 機會的路線圖。建立 SAN。選擇 SAN 供應商。IBM 商業夥伴：存儲區域網絡的機會——總和大於部分。多供應商企業存儲區域網絡的端到端服務。存儲管理挑戰。網絡存儲：新範式。實施挑戰。IBM 的服務驅動 SAN 策略。視頻服務的存儲子系統。相關工作。概述。存儲伺服器要求。存儲子系統要求。用戶和存儲區域網絡要求。軟件要求。基本伺服器配置。磁碟子系統。視頻存儲伺服器。伺服器內存要求。伺服器處理要求。多伺服器配置。伺服器互連問題：光纖通道的案例。未來有 SSP 嗎？從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

提供 SAN 可擴展性和高可用性。

對更高可用性的需求增加。高級可用性目標。通過冗餘實現系統可用性。應用程序。伺服器和主機總線適配器。存儲。鏡像。交換機。網絡中的結構。交換機的網狀樹拓撲。單一結構與雙重連接。雙重結構與雙重連接。單一和雙重結構的可靠性計算。區域。結構管理。高可用性的關鍵。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

II. 設計 SAN。

SAN 設計問題。

光纖通道拓撲。客戶選擇光纖通道產品。設計存儲網絡。應用需求。協議支持。電纜設施。設備之間的距離。設備數量。兼容舊設備。預期增長。流量量。部門劃分。冗餘。災難恢復。SNMP 管理。成本/性能比。設計它，他們就會來。SAN 故事。最終用戶教育。SAN 到 SAN 的連接。成本考量。SAN 軟件。OEM 參與。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

成本合理化和考量。

SAN 的財務影響。資本節省。備份節省。數據管理。SAN 運營成本的合理化。財務考量和收購。任務關鍵。中庸之道。價值方法。最終決策。收購。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

標準設計問題。

設計分佈式 SAN 標準。推動 Infiniband 技術採用的驅動力。徹底改變互聯網數據中心。SAN 標準設計的影響。IDC 對 Infiniband 的看法。後記。新的存儲標準設計問題。IP 辯論升溫。行業對標準的統一？客戶考量。沒有可能獲勝的協議。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

架構設計考量。

傳統的專用存儲架構。SAN 架構。接口比較。SAN 的共享存儲與傳統專用存儲。可用性/可靠性。性能。配置靈活性。成本。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

III. 規劃 SAN。

計劃開發的實施。

可擴展性。可用性如何？安全問題。管理有多簡單？最小化總擁有成本 (TCO)。戰略思考。災難恢復計劃。數據爆炸。平台增長。恢復是問題。鏡像，鏡像。沒有萬能藥。如何在您的環境中利用您的基礎設施使 SAN 成為現實。基於互聯網的水交換將資源注入 SAN 基礎設施。為 SAN 做準備。做出 SAN 的決定？規劃和設計 SAN。尋求幫助。啟用 SAN。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

虛擬存儲區域網絡規劃技術：使 Web 成為任務關鍵。

尚無標準。SAN 集群技術。傳統 IP 集群與 SAN。存儲集群。全球文件系統。共享 GFS 根文件系統。存儲集群和集中式存儲。SAN 虛擬化架構規劃指南。虛擬化方案。選擇標準。回到選擇。確保您的存儲虛擬化門永不關閉。什麼是真正的存儲虛擬化？跨越並利用所有可用空間的能力。集中管理和共享存儲的能力。現實世界中的非虛擬化與虛擬化存儲。非虛擬化存儲與真正的存儲虛擬化。一個更好的解決方案：真正的存儲虛擬化。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

IV. 安裝和部署 SAN。

測試技術。

物理層測試。應用層測試。管理層測試。為什麼使用 SAN 測試？SANmark 修訂 “A” 測試套件。SANmark 修訂 “A” 測試的角色。其他測試技術。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

安裝和部署。

關注您的應用程序。為未來做準備。如何部署 SAN。以 SAN 方式擴展存儲。打包解決方案。使用 HSM 技術。開始使用 SAN。從集線器開始。將集線器連接到光纖通道交換機。大型交換機階段。SAN 部署的下一階段：存儲交換機技術。推動 SAN 演變的因素。存儲交換機：一種簡單、具成本效益的 SAN 交換方式。在 SAN 中應用存儲交換機：單層 SAN。存儲交換機的行業驗證。在 SAN 安裝和部署中為電子商務提供數據支持。變化的環境。挑戰。SAN 的承諾。從這裡開始。結尾註釋。

SAN 性能認證。

SAN 測試和故障排除。記錄和測試 SAN。FSM 性能。直接 FSM 優勢。可擴展性。性能結果。測試配置。性能數據。認證 SAN 性能。

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