Redbook Abstract
Introduction to Storage Area Network, SAN, SG24-5470-00
  Abstract
Storage Area Network (SAN) offers simplified storage management, scalability, flexibility, availability, and improved data access, movement, and backup. This redbook is written for people marketing, planning for, or implementing Storage Area Networks, such as IBM System Engineers, IBM Business Partners, system administrators, system programmers, storage administrators, and other technical support and operations managers and staff. This redbook gives an introduction to SAN. It illustrates where SANs are today, who are the main industry organizations and standard bodies active in SANs, and it positions IBM’s approach to enabling SANs in its products and services.

[Readers that downloaded this book also found Designing an IBM Storage Area Network , SG24-5758-00 and Planning and Implementing an IBM SAN, SG24-6116-00 relevant.]

  Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Market Perception of Storage Area Networks
Chapter 2. The IBM SAN Initiative
Chapter 3. SAN Servers and Storage
Chapter 4. SAN Fabrics and Connectivity
Chapter 5. SAN Management
Chapter 6. SAN Exploitation and Solutions
Chapter 7. SAN Standardization Organizations
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Publish date
1999-09-01
Lead author
Kjell Nystrom
Other authors
Ravi Kumar Khattar
Mark S. Murphy
Giulio John Tarella
ISBN number
0738413720
Number of pages
152