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Storage Virtualization: Technologies for Simplifying Data Storage and Management
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.74
EAN: 9780321262516
ISBN: 0321262514
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: March 24, 2005
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Rating:  - Good book to learn the basics
A good book to learn the basics of virtualization.
Rating:  - A good summary of storage virtualization
This book describes the basics of modern storage virtualization at an introductory level. The reader should have a basic technical background but does not need know much about storage. There are fourteen chapters each of which covers one aspect of storage. Topics include: host, server and fabric based virtualization. Additional topics such as various types of file systems as well as protocols such as Fibre, NFS, iscsi are also covered. The main drawback is the lack of details. Each topic is covered ... Read More
Rating: - goes behind the storage abstractions
Clark gives straightforward explanations of the issues involved in storage virtualisation. He shows that there are various ways to present to an operating system or user data storage capacities. In a functionally abstract manner, that permits a modular architectural design. This abstraction is crucial in giving a simple and logical view of the memory or disk. So that the applications level developer need only deal on a very simple level with read and write to the medium.
But Clark does ... Read More
Rating: - Very well written intro to storage virtualization
A concise and well written book on storage virtualization. Starting with explanation of file meta data and storage meta data the author uses good illustrations to dive reasonably deep and explain the concepts behind each mode of virtualization starting from server down to switch, appliance and array-based virtualization. The book is not wordy nor does it waste time on pointless rambling on the history of storage networking etc.. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in truly understanding the ... Read More
Rating: - Tom Clark Clarifies Storage Virtualization Very Well!
Tom Clark is one of most lucid, current writers on storage networking topics. His books on Designing Storage Area Networks and IP SANS are good introductions to these topics. His latest book, Storage Virtualization (2005 Addison Wesley press), provides a much-needed Rosetta Stone for interpreting and putting into perspective the various meanings for this much ballyhooed concept.
The book gives a good overview of files and records, basic storage device and system architecture, as well as ... Read More
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