Storage Area Networks for Dummies

If you've been charged with setting up storage area networks for your company, learning how SANs work and managing data storage problems might seem challenging. 'Storage Area Networks For Dummies, 2nd Edition' comes to the rescue with just what you need to know.

Whether you already a bit SAN savvy or you're a complete novice, here's the scoop on how SANs save money, how to implement new technologies like data de-duplication, iScsi, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet, how to develop SANs that will aid your company's disaster recovery plan, & more.

- Getting started - Understand what SANs are, whether you need one, and what you need to build one
- Design basics - Learn to use loops, switches, and fabric, and design your SAN for peak performance
- No surprises - Create a disaster recovery plan with the appropriate guidelines and choose a remote site and data replication methods
- SANs united - See how to connect or extend SANs and how compression can reduce costs
- Wait, back up - Compare tape, disk, network and SAN backup methods to choose the solution you need
- What if it breaks? - Follow great troubleshooting tips to help you find and fix a problem
- De-dupe, de-dupe - Find out how data de-duplication makes sense for backup, replication, and retention
- It's virtual - Explore different types of virutalization and what they offer

From the basics for beginners to advanced features like snapshot copies, storage virtualization, and heading off problems before they happen, here's what you need to do the job with confidence.