Storage Area Networks: Designing and Implementing a Mass Storage System

Provides the information technology professional with an overview of what Storage Area Networks (SANs) are, what they can do, and how they overcome the critical limitations of earlier data storage systems. Topics covered include Fibre Channel (the key enabling technology for SANs, administration issues, such as backup, restore, and disaster recovery, and in-depth coverage of configuration, device, and connectivity options. The authors, technical writers for Hewlett-Packard, explain how to build SANs from legacy storage topologies and review HPO's SAN product line, which includes Fibre Channel chips, host bus adapters, hubs, arrays, tape libraries, bridges, switches, and more. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

RALPH THORNBURGH has been a Training Engineer Consultant at Hewlett-Packard Company for the past 11 years, writing 3 technical support manuals, 23 user manuals, and 21 training classes for HP support personnel worldwide. In his 25 years at HP, he has also been a trainer and a Data Center Manager in Information Systems. He is the author of Fibre Channel for Mass Storage (Prentice Hall PTR).

BARRY SCHOENBORN is an independent technical writer with 25 years' experience creating technical documents for HP and many other companies. He recently wrote the documentation for HP's newest and largest mass storage device, the SureStore E Disk Array XP256.