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All You Need To Know About Storage Area Networks. The Amount Of Data Of An Average Company Doubles Every Year. Thus, Companies Who Own 1tb Of Data Today Will Own 32tb In Five Years. Storage Networks Help To Tame Such Data Quantities And To Manage This Data Growth Efficiently. Since Stored Data And Information Are The Biggest Asset Of Any Company, Anyone Who Is Involved In The Planning Or The Operation Of It Systems Requires A Basic Knowledge Of The Principle And The Use Of Storage Networks. Storage Networks Explained Covers The Fundaments, Techniques And Functions Of Storage Networks Such As. Storage Networks Explained; Contents; About The Authors; Foreword To The Second Edition By Hermann Strass; Preface By The Authors; List Of Figures And Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Server-centric It Architecture And Its Limitations; 1.2 Storage-centric It Architecture And Its Advantages; 1.3 Case Study: Replacing A Server With Storage Networks; 1.4 The Structure Of The Book; Part I Technologies For Storage Networks; 2 Intelligent Disk Subsystems; 3 I/o Techniques; 4 File Systems And Network Attached Storage (nas); 5 Storage Virtualisation; Part Ii Application And Management Of Storage Networks. Ulf Troppens... [et Al.]. Rev. Ed. Of Storage Networks Explained / Ulf Troppens. C2004. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.