Network Storage‎:‎ Tools and Technologies for Storing Your Company‎'‎s Data explains the changes occurring in storage‎,‎ what they mean‎,‎ and how to negotiate the minefields of conflicting technologies that litter the storage arena‎,‎ all in an effort to help IT managers create a solid foundation for coming decades‎.‎ The book begins with an overview of the current state of storage and its evolution from the network perspective‎,‎ looking closely at the different protocols and connection schemes and how they differentiate in use case and operational behavior‎.‎ The book explores the software changes that are motivating this evolution‎,‎ ranging from data management‎,‎ to in‎-stream processing and storage in virtual systems‎,‎ and changes in the decades‎-old OS stack‎.‎ It explores Software‎-Defined Storage as a way to construct storage networks‎,‎ the impact of Big Data‎,‎ high‎-performance computing‎,‎ and the cloud on storage networking‎.‎ As networks and data integrity are intertwined‎,‎ the book looks at how data is split up and moved to the various appliances holding that dataset and its impact‎.‎ Because data security is often neglected‎,‎ users will find a comprehensive discussion on security issues that offers remedies that can be applied‎.‎ The book concludes with a look at technologies on the horizon that will impact storage and its networks‎,‎ such as NVDIMMs‎,‎ The Hybrid Memory Cube‎,‎ VSANs‎,‎ and NAND Killers‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ James O`Reilly
• Publisher‎:‎ Morgan Kaufmann
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780128038635