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Choosing an Optimal Location for Your Data Center Sep 30, 2005 When a company buys new land, it is important to consider the property's suitability to house a server environment. Failing to do so often means having to spend more on Data Center infrastructure, either to add what's missing or to overcome shortcomings on the site. The most desirable type of location is one that supports the Data Center's mission to safeguard server equipment and accommodate growth and change. This chapter will help you assess your server site for suitability.

Understanding Networking Components and Devices for the Network+ Exam Jul 29, 2005 This chapter covers the various networking devices used in modern networks with an eye toward passing the Network+ Exam. Sample questions with detailed answers are included to help you practice.

Introduction to Storage Virtualization May 27, 2005 Storage virtualization is an emerging technology that creates logical abstractions of physical storage systems. Storage virtualization has tremendous potential for simplifying storage administration and reducing costs for managing diverse storage assets. Find out all about this new technology in this sample chapter.

Storage Networking Fundamentals: Storage Devices Mar 4, 2005 This chapter examines the pros and cons of various storage devices to help you decide which storage devices are appropriate for your storage network.

The Business Case for Storage Networks Nov 18, 2004 This chapter covers the copious reasons for preferring storage networks, from the legal implications of Sarbanes-Oxley to the economy of scale created by their usage. Discover the other advantages storage networks could provide to your business within.

Data Center Best Practices for High-End Servers May 28, 2004 This article provides best practices for installing, configuring, securing, and maintaining availability and performance for the Sun Fire 15K server.

21st Century Oxymorons: Jumbo Shrimp and Fibre Channel SAN Apr 23, 2004 This article focuses on Fibre Channel-based SAN security. Like so many terms in the networking industry, "Storage Area Network" (SAN) boasts a bevy of definitions. Whatever form of SAN you construct must be secure enough to avoid the risk of losing or compromising critical data.

Data Center Design Overview Dec 31, 2003 This sample chapter covers types of server farms and Data Centers, Data Center topologies, fully redundant Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs, and fully redundant Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs with services.

Reaping Value from Storage Networks Dec 31, 2003 This chapter from "IP Storage Networking" covers the cost component of the storage networking layer by looking at the strategic reasons to combine both defensive and offensive measures and the value achieved by doing so across a common networking platform.

Managing Shared Storage in a Sun Cluster 3.0 Environment With Solaris Volume Manager Software May 23, 2003 This article explores Solaris Volume Manager, a free and easy-to-use alternative to VERITAS Volume Manager, which is part of the Solaris 9 Operating Environment. It offers similar functionality to VxVM and is tightly integrated into the Sun Cluster 3.0 software framework. Find out why you should consider it as your volume manager of choice for shared storage.

Designing Storage Area Networks: Using the Shared Storage Model May 16, 2003 The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Shared Storage Model (SSM) provides a guide to understanding the relationships between host applications, storage networks, and storage facilities. This framework has been developed to help storage architects determine which storage solutions may be most appropriate. Start learning here.

The Value and Position of iSCSI Feb 28, 2003 Learn how iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) addresses the needs of SoHo (Small office, Home office) and midrange environments.

Evolution of the Data Center: Moving Toward Consolidation Jan 24, 2003 Learn about the evolution of today's data center how they have evolved into the complex information technology (IT) environments that we typically see today. This chapter also covers consolidation, history and complexity of the data center.

Managing Data Centers With Sun Management Center Change Manager Jan 24, 2003 This article presents techniques and best practices for using Sun Management Center Change Manager software.

Practical Storage Area Networking: Project Modeling Jan 17, 2003 Daniel Pollack discusses the tools you need in order to complete I/O analysis and determine the Storage Area Network project type.

Consolidation in the Data Center Dec 20, 2002 This article introduces various types of consolidations you can perform - servers, applications, storage, shared services, networks, and people resources - and describes some of the benefits of each type of consolidation.

Directory Services: Storing Directory Information Oct 25, 2002 This sample chapter examines how directory data is stored and managed in a distributed directory environment, and how directory information is subdivided and replicated to multiple directory servers.

Network Storage Evaluations Using Reliability Calculations Aug 16, 2002 This article uses a case study to introduce concepts and calculations for systematically comparing redundancy and reliability factors as they apply to network storage configurations.

Deployment Considerations for Data Center Management Tools Aug 9, 2002 Build a better management infrastructure by understanding more about the basic building blocks, architecture, and key design elements of a complete Systems Management Tools Framework, as presented in this first article in a two-part series.

SANs Fundamentals Jul 5, 2002 Storage Area Networks (SANs) offer a solution to the increasing annual costs of network and server downtime coupled with magnified issues of storage and management of information. Learn why this specialized network is called the network behind the server, and how this technology is influencing today’s IT landscape.

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