The first how-to guide for online storage management with Windows2000In this book, expert Paul Massiglia first provides a clear tutorialon the principles of managed online storage and then walks youthrough the basics of how to manage your disks and RAID arrays inthe Windows 2000 server environment. He provides all theinformation system administrators need to take advantage of Windows2000’s powerful new capabilities for handling large numbers ofdisks and RAID subsystems. Using both the embedded capabilities ofthe Windows 2000 operating system, VERITAS Volume Manager–thede-facto standard for application storage–and other workingexamples, Massiglia clearly illustrates how to organize disks sothat all application data can be given the right balance ofavailability, I/O performance, and online storage cost. Readerswill learn about online storage architectures, failure andnon-failure tolerant volumes, RAID, online disks, and creating andmanaging volumes.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments.Foreword.PART I: DISK STORAGE ARCHITECTURE.Disk Storage Basics.Volumes.Volumes that are Not-Failure Tolerant.Failure Tolerant Volumes: Mirroring and RAID.PART II: VOLUMES MANAGEMENT FOR WINDOWS SERVERS.Disks and Volumes in Windows 2000.Host-Based Volumes in Windows Servers.Basic Volumes.Advanced Volumes.More Volume Management.Multi Path Data Access.Managing Hardware Disk Arrays.Managing Volumes in Clusters.Data Replication: Managing Storage Over Distance.Windows Online Storage Recommendations.Appendix 1: Disk and Volume States.Appendix 2: Recommendations at a Glance.Glossary of Storage Terminology.Index.
Über den Autor
PAUL MASSIGLIA is Technical Director of Engineering for VERITASSoftware Corporation. He has spent the last twenty yearsengineering and product managing enterprise data storage for someof the industry’s leading suppliers, including the former Digital Equipment Corporation, Adaptec Inc., Quantum Corporation, and VERITAS Software Corporation. Massiglia is a member of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Board of Directors and isthe author of three previous books on data storage topics.Wiley Computer Publishing has teamed with VERITAS Software Corporation to de-liver a series of books for the enterprisestorage management community. These titles will provide system andnetwork administrators, server application developers, and storageengineers with in-depth, hands-on information on how to buildscalable, quick, and highly available storage area networks. Keybooks in the series, including this one, are designed to help CIOsmake the decisions as to when and how to embark on investing in newtechnology.