Storage Area Networks For Dummies

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The second edition of Storage Area Networks For Dummies covers the hot, new technologies that are revolutionizing SANs today, including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FOE), iScsi, and data de-duplication.

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Christopher Poelker is vice president of enterprise solutions for FalconStor Software, Inc. and spends most of his time with Fortune 1000 companies defining strategy forvirtualization and business continuity solutions. He is a sought after speaker and writer, including author of Storage Area Networks for Dummies and a regular contributor to SearchStorage as an Expert. Chris blogs at (www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=122). Table of Contents Introduction Part 1: SAN 101 Chapter 1: The Storage Area Network Chapter 2: SAN Building Blocks Chapter 3: What makes a SAN Go Chapter 4: What makes a SAN Stop Part II: Designing and Building a SAN Chapter 5: Designing the SAN Chapter 6: SANs and Disaster Recovery Chapter 7: Putting it all together Part III: Using Advanced SAN Features Chapter 8: Networking SANs Chapter 9: SAN-Based Backup Chapter 10: Mirror, Mirror: Point-in-Time Copies Part IV: SAN Management and Troubleshooting Chapter 11: Approaches to SAN Management Chapter 12: Troubleshooting SANs Part V: Understanding the Cool Stuff Chapter 13: Using Data De-Duplication to Lighten the Load Chapter 14: Continuous Data Protection Chapter 15: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Virtualization Part VI:The Part of Tens Chapter 16: Ten reasons to use a SAN Chapter 17: Ten reasons NOT to Use a SAN Index