Storage Area Networks for Dummies

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Author: Christopher Poelker
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780764524806
Label: For Dummies
Dimension: 1.02 x 9.06 x 7.4 inches
ISBN: 0764524801
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Number of items: 1
Number of pages: 408
Publication date: February 17, 2003
Studio: For Dummies

* A basic guide to setting up and using this complex technology, making the lucrative world of computer storage accessible even to a novice in the storage field
* Offers networking professionals practical, hands-on instructions for implementing and maintaining a Storage Area Network, allowing them to get up and running quickly
* As a corporate asset, the value of secure, available storage continues to escalate, while professionals trained to manage SANs are in critically short supply
* Average salaries for storage networking professionals range from $69K to $85K, generating tremendous interest in this field
* Author, a twenty-year storage industry veteran, has designed and implemented storage area networks for most of the Fortune 100 companies

Explore SAN design, capabilities, management, and troubleshooting

Begin building SANs, backing up data, and boosting your earning power

In many companies today, SAN proficiency equals greater prosperity. If that equation gets your attention, back up and grab this book. You'll find out how to build a storage area network, what it does, who needs one, how to tie SANs together, and a lot more. Before long, yours could be the resume of a SAN sage.

The Dummies Way

- Explanations in plain English
- "Get in, get out" information
- Icons and other navigational aids
- Tear-out cheat sheet
- Top ten lists
- A dash of humor and fun

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Ratings & Comments(Average:)

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- Need a third edition
The negative:

As a former reviewer stated, to few material on iSCSI wich i think is essential these days.

The book overall needs to be updated and i hope the writer has plans for it.

The positive:

Still i would strongly advice to buy this book although it's here and there outdated. That aint a sin,
SAN technology is developing at a high pace. I think and that's why i use this book for i have no SAN
experience whatsoever. But if you read this book and get a strong grasp about SAN technology, it really
helps for example with job intervieuws or career advancements.

So if you are a system administrator and are looking for a new job or higher paygrade, this book is one of
the tools to get you going. And get some hands on practise with for example openfiler.

The price for this book and material covered is to important to neglect it.

But a 3rd update is needed.

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- Too outdated to be much use.
Considering the second edition was released in January 2009, it is appalling how little iSCSI is mentioned. According to the index iSCSI is referenced on fewer than 15 of the book's 437 pages. Two SAN vendors have earned a living doing only iSCSI for over eight years and nearly all the rest offer both iSCSI and FC, so to treat this important SAN technology so lightly in 2008 when this book was going into its second edition was a fatal error to my mind. The author needs to rewrite this book quickly to address not only iSCSI, but also storage virtualization (11 pages), tiering of storage (0 pages), serial attached SCSI (SAS) (0 pages), solid-state drives (0 pages), SATA (2 pages), and thin provisioning (0 pages), to name a few. If you know you need Fiber Channel this book has some utility, but as an overiew of the state of the SAN world at press time or today, it is sadly lacking.

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- Fantastic primer for people new to storage
While working at a large SF Bay Area IT company as a marketing manager, I was transferred from the microprocessor division to the storage department. "Storage Area Networks for Dummies" was a wonderful resource for getting up to speed with the technologies and terminology of my new world. Over the last 5 years I have recommened it time and time again to marketing managers new to storage.

If you can grasp the concepts in the first 2 chapters, you will learn enough to follow the industry. And the rest of the book is a wonderful reference for non-techies.

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- Excellent introduction to SAN technology
do not be put off by the "Dummies" thing...this is an excellent and comprehensive introduction to SAN technology.

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- Buy the 2nd Edition if you see Dummies man on the cover
The second edition of Storage Area Networks For Dummies by the same authors is available. That edition has a computer photo on the cover rather than Dummies man.

The ISBN for the second edition is 0470385138. You can search on that ISBN to find the most up-to-date information on SANs, including iSCSI, data de-duplication, and storage virtualization solutions.

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