Unix Storage Management

This comprehensive guide to storage architectures and management covers the right amount of technical detail to be invaluable to any administrator of a corporate Unix system.

Author Notes

Ray A. Kampa is a Unix systems consultant with over 22 years of experience

Foreword	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xiii
About the Technical Reviewer	p. xiv
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Chapter 1 Storage Strategies	p. 1
Why Storage Strategies Are Needed	p. 1
What Constitutes a Storage Strategy?	p. 5
Storage Manager Roles	p. 11
Storage Strategy Examples	p. 21
Acronyms Used in This Chapter	p. 33
Vendors Mentioned in This Chapter	p. 36
Summary	p. 37
Chapter 2 Storage Technologies Overview	p. 39
Disk Storage	p. 41
Tape Storage	p. 67
Automated Tape Libraries	p. 72
Network-Attached Storage	p. 75
Storage Area Network	p. 76
Acronyms Used in This Chapter	p. 78
Vendor and Organization Web Sites	p. 82
Summary	p. 82
Chapter 3 Direct Attached Storage (DAS)	p. 85
DAS Overview	p. 85
DAS Connection Technologies	p. 90
Advantages and Disadvantages of DAS	p. 101
Useful DAS Management Items	p. 106
Acronyms Used in This Chapter	p. 107
Vendor and Organization Web Sites	p. 109
Summary	p. 110
Chapter 4 Network-Connected Storage	p. 111
Overview of Network-Connected Storage	p. 111
SNIA Shared Storage Model	p. 116
Network-Attached Storage (NAS)	p. 120
Storage Area Network (SAN)	p. 128
Network Backup	p. 139
Network Remote Mirroring	p. 141
Acronyms Used in This Chapter	p. 142
Vendor and Organization Web Sites	p. 146
Summary	p. 147
Chapter 5 Backup and Restore	p. 149
Overview of Backup/Restore	p. 150
Manual Backup/Restore	p. 153
Automated Backup and Restore	p. 159
Database Backup/Restore Techniques	p. 163
Stratifying Backup and Restore	p. 168
Summary	p. 170
Chapter 6 Disaster Recovery	p. 173
Overview of DR	p. 174
Planning for DR	p. 184
When Disaster Strikes	p. 198
Acronyms Used in This Chapter	p. 201
Summary	p. 203
Chapter 7 Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)	p. 205
Overview of HSM	p. 205
HSM Evolution	p. 207
HSM Management	p. 217
HSM Political Considerations	p. 222
Summary	p. 224
Chapter 8 Performance Analysis	p. 225
Overview of Performance Analysis	p. 225
Focus on Storage Performance Analysis	p. 230
Performance Math	p. 250
Summary	p. 254
Chapter 9 Capacity Planning	p. 255
Overview of Storage Capacity Planning	p. 255
Focus on Storage Capacity Planning	p. 257
Ongoing Capacity Planning	p. 266
Summary	p. 267
Chapter 10 Vendor Management	p. 269
Overview of Vendor Management	p. 269
Kinds of Vendor Representatives	p. 270
Vendor Management Techniques	p. 274
Summary	p. 280
Appendix A DAS Hardware Vendors	p. 281
Appendix B NAS Hardware Vendors	p. 287
Appendix C SAN Hardware Vendors	p. 289
Appendix D Storage Management Software Vendors	p. 293
Appendix E TCP/IP Network Primer	p. 295
Index	p. 303

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