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ACRONYMS/TERMS

AoE - ATA over Ethernet. Click here for more info CIFS - Common Internet File System (created by Microsoft). Click here for more info CIM - Common Information Model (DMTF). The CIM Specification describes the language, naming, Meta Schema and mapping techniques to other management models such as SNMP MIBs, and DMTF MIFs etc. The Meta Schema is a formal definition of the model. It defines the terms used to express the model and their usage and semantics. The elements of the Meta Schema are Classes, Properties, and Methods. The Meta Schema also supports Indications and Associations as types of Classes and References as types of Properties. Click here for more info CIMSAN - The CIM/WBEM managed SAN or "CIM-SAN", is the first permanent and "open" multi-vendor development and demonstration environment for accelerating the implementation of CIM/WBEM technology into products - SNIA. See also CIMSAN CMPI - Common Manageability Programming Interface (computer storage API) DAFS - The DAFS protocol is a new file-access protocol designed to take advantage of emerging RDMA (remote direct memory access) interconnect technologies such as InfiniBand, VI and iWARP. The protocol will dramatically enhance the performance, reliability and scalability of web farm, compute farm, e-commerce and database applications in data center environments. Click here for more info DAS - Direct Attached Storage. Click here for more info DASD - Direct Access Storage Device DDD - Defunct Disk Drive - if a physical drive fails, the DHS becomes a DDD - RAID-5E DDF - (Common RAID) Data Disk Format (SNIA). Click here for more info DHS - Distributed Hot Spare - a virutal hot spare made from unused disk space - RAID-5E DSM - The Device Specific Module (DSM) is a function of the storage vendor and should be obtained from the storage vender. FATA - The Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) drives was developed jointly with Hewlett-Packard Co. Click here for more info FCIP - Fibre Channel over IP - encapsulates Fibre Channel frames within TCP/IP for linking Fibre Channel SANs over wide areas. Provides IP connections between FC SNA islands. Click here for more info Fibre Channel Class [1-3] Service Fibre Channel SAN - An oxymoronic reference to a storage deployment topology more appropriately named "switched, server-attached storage" or "Fibre Channel Fabric". Benefits for Fibre Channel (FC) SANs - NetApp White Paper GBIC - gigabit interface converter. Click here for more info HAMR - Seagate's Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology should eventually store up to 50 Terabytes od data per square inch (using nanotube technology). High Availability - step below fault tolerant, redundant hardware. hubs iFCP - is a gateway to gateway protocol for providing FC fabric services to FC end devices over a TCP/IP network. Like FCIP & iSCSI, iFCP uses TCP for congestion control, error detection and recovery. Can be used IN PLACE OF FC fabrics to provide a more integrated IP storage solution. Click here for more info IP - Internet Protocol, routing layer datagram service of the TCP/IP suite. The low-level part of the TCP/IP protocol. IP assembles the TCP packets, adds address information, and dispatches them over the network. Click here for more info iSAN - iSCSI-based storage area network iSCSI - created in-order-to reduce the TCO of shared storage solutions by reducing the initial outlay for networking, training & fabric management software. iSCSI has the capability to tie together a company's hosts and storage, using LANs. the important point is that iSCSI for desktops & laptops makes sense even if no special hardware is dedicated to its use. FC requires special hardware. Click for more info JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks LED - low-end DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) LUN masking - (address masking) is a feature of some host IO controllers that filters access to certain storage resources on the SAN. To be precise, address masking is usually the function of the device driver, not the hardware of the host IO controller. MIB - Management Information Base; an SNMP structure for device management. MIFs - a Desktop Management Interface standard mirror - an exact copy of disk data written to a secondary disk or array. Click here for more info mirror availablity states - state applies to the entire mirror: attention - admin action required active - I/O allowed (normal state) inactive - admin control to stop mirror processing mirror data states - possibly a different state with respect to each secondary LU: in sync - primary LU and secondary LU contain identical data out of sync - full sync needed consistent - write intent log, or fracture log needed synchronizing - mirror sync operation in progress mirror fracture - condition when a secondary array is unreachable by the primary array. can be invoked by administrative command. mirror properties - sync throttling (fast, medium, slow) per secondary LU minimum required secondary copies. auto sync enabled/disabled write intent log enabled/disabled. active/inactive mirror availability state mirror name (64 characters). description (256 characters). mirror synchronization - mechanism to copy data from primary LU to a secondary LU. after mirror synchronization, primary LU and secondary LU are consistent. mechanism may use fracture log to avoid full LU data copy. Mirroring - Also known as RAID 1 or duplexing (when using two host bus adaptors). Full redundancy is obtained by duplicating all data from a primary disk on a secondary disk. The overhead of requiring 100% data duplication can get costly when using more than two drives. MirrorView - Data replication for disaster recovery. NAS - Network Attached Storage, a disk array connected to a controller that provides file access over a LAN transport. Click here for more info PATA - Parallel ATA. Click here for more info RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Click here for more info RSCN - registered state change notification (Extended Link Service - Fibre Channel). The Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) is a Fibre Channel service that informs hosts about changes in the fabric. Hosts can receive this information by registering with the fabric controller (through SCR). Displaying RSCN Information RSCN MIB repeaters routers SAN - Storage Area Network; a network linking servers or workstations to disk arrays, tape backup susbsystems, and other devices, typically over gigabit transports such as Fibre Channel or Gigabit Ethernet. Click here for more info SAS - Serial Attached SCSI. Click here for more info SATA - Serial ATA - has defined a technique for permitting the same storage device to be attached to more than one system at household distances (currently, a ONE METER LIMIT). Click here for more info SBB - Storage Bridge Bay click here for more SBB information SBB2 - Storage Bridge Bay click here for more SBB2 information SFF - Small form-factor SFP - Small form-factor pluggable interface. Usually refers to a least a 2Gbit GBIC. Click here for more info SID - The NGOSS Shared Information/Data (SID) model. More Info Telecom Task Force Roadmap - TMF SID SMBIOS - System Management BIOS. SMI-S - The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) developed the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) to enable and streamline the integration of diverse multi-vendor storage networks; enable the development of more-powerful management applications; encourage management consolidation; and provide a common interface for storage networking vendors. Click here for more info soft zoning - is accomplished in switches by reading trasmission frames as they enter the switch and determining whether of not the destination and source addresses in the frame belong to the same zone. If both address are not in the same zone, the frame is discarded with or without an error message, depending on the specific implementation. soft zoning is in contrast to hard zoning. SoIP - Storage over IP. Storage over IP (SoIP) is a concept that combines the features of SANs, which provide high availability and performance, with features of IP networks. This technology provides product compatability, with familar technology and network scalability similar to iSCSI, except that it focuses on the the use of UDP protocols versus TCP/IP. Click here for more info spanning tree protocol - The spanning tree network protocol provides a loop free topology for a LAN or bridged network. Click here for more info SPF - Shortest Path Forware algorithm. Routing algorithms that iterates on length of path to determine a shortest-path spanning tree. Commonly used in link-state routing algorithms. Sometimes called Dijkstra's algorithm. stripe - A logical storage space comprising a portion (or "strip") of a number of physical didks. A stripe set is the array of stripes that form a striped RAID volume. Striping is generally used because it speeds up disk I/O. Data from stripes is stored and retrieved more uniformly than in the case with concatentation. In other words, data may be retrieved from a number of stripes simultaneously, resulting in a decrease in how much time the I/O operations takes to complete. stripe unit - (also: stripe depth) The amount of data written on a disk before successive data is written to the next disk, while striping data. Striping - Also known as RAID 0. Two or more drives store and retrieve data in parallel, accelerating performance. switches Tag-aware domain - A region of a virtual bridged network in which all devices are tag-aware TB - Terabytes - One Trillion bytes. Trespass - The act of taking ownership for a LU. This can be done in the case of an SP failure, an overt action by the system administrator, or automatically upon access via the non-owner. vaulting - archieving tape backups, typically via remote tape backup over a WAN VCS - Veritas Cluster Server vdisk - array zones - access zones - usually created by SAN switching to provide virtual networks to prevent some ports from accessing other ports. One purpose might be to limit some storage devices so that normally only Host 'C' can see them. Hubs do not provide zoning, as rings and their associated hubs do not have a natural mechanism to process frames (and thus get address or port number information). zone transfer - The process of copying an authoritative DNS name server's database of hostnames and IP addresses belonging to a contiguous section of a domain to a secondary name server. zoning - a function provided by fabric switches or hubs that allows segregation of nodes by physical port, name or address. FICON devices do not use the Fibre Channel name server, therefore name server-based zoning does not affect FICON connectivity. However, the name server does affect distribution of registered state change notification (RSCN) service requests to FICON devices. If a FICON device is not in the same zone as other devices, state changes are not properly communicated. All FICON devices must be included in the same zone to facilitate proper state change notification. Regardless of the director or switch operating mode, FCP devices must be zoned in the traditional fashion, and FICON devices must be zoned to provide isolation from the FCP devices.

PICKING THE CORRECT STORAGE SOLUTION - SAN, NAS, DAS

SAN vs NAS SAN technology is similar but distinct from network attached storage (NAS) technology Nas-San Comparison NAS, DAS or SAN? - Choosing the Right Storage Technology for Your ... NAS vs. SAN - comnews NAS vs. SAN - What you need to know to pick the best storage solution for your environment SAN/NAS Technical Tips

ARTICLES / NEWS - Storage

The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, Vendor disk failure rates: Myth or metric? MSI Showcases Stirling Engine Heatsink - benefits of a cooler with a fan without drawing any power Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 - Hitachi 1 TB HDD - $399 list Understanding Single Instance Storage (SIS) - White paper Symantec to Acquire Altiris - Jan. 29, 2007 VMworld Confidential: DataCore iSCSI SAN Software and VMware Virtualization Make Virtual Infrastructures Practical for Everyone - 2/19/2007 Toshiba 5GB PC Card Drive How is Fragmentation Affecting Storage? - White Paper - Diskeeper

EIDE / ATA / IDE

Lately, the industry has started to call the traditional ATA interface "parallel ATA"--and some abbreviate it to PATA--to distinguish it from Serial ATA (SATA). What is hard disk? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer ... 1) IDE's current limit is 137GB. The current spec uses 28 bit addresses, allowing your hard drive to address 268,431,360 data sectors. Since each sector contains 512 bytes, you can get a total of 137.4 GB of data before running out of addressing. 2) The ATA-6 spec will move IDE to 48 bit addresses, making the limit 144 petabytes. Machines running 32-bit OSs will be STUCK at 2.1 Terabytes per drive. ATA-6 will require an updated BIOS and Windows driver upgrade to make a PC work work with the really large drive. smartmontools - control/monitor (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks Official IDE/ATA Standards and Feature Sets Summary of IDE/ATA Standards The Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA FAQ [1 of 2] The Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA FAQ [2 of 2]
ATA/ATAPI 6 ATA/ATAPI 5 ATA/ATAPI 4 ATA/ATAPI 3 ATA/ATAPI 2 ATA (ATA-1) SFF-8020 / ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) SCSI / ATA Translation - Second generation of SAT SCSI / ATA Translation - First generation of SAT IDE/ATA Configuration and Cabling Proposal for inclusion of additions to ATA/ATAPI-4 required to ... Master inverted C-SEL = Toshiba, IDE #1 error Apple PowerBook ATA pinout and signals @ pinouts.ru reverse ATA = slave or master? - NEC DVD Burner / Optiarc DVD ... CSEL - geek.com Mikes Hardware | How To | Connecting IDE Hard Drives Hard Drive Glossary Frequently Asked Questions about the IDE/EIDE Drive Interface ATA cable - Wireless and Wifi Forums share ATA & PC Card with the same connectors T13 is responsible for all interface standards relating to the popular AT Attachment (ATA) storage interface SCSI vs USB vs FireWire vs ATA vs EIDE vs IDE UN-official IDE/ATA Standards ** EIDE, Ultra DMA and AGP ATA-6 Linux Draft Proposal Changes for "vender-unique" ATA FAQ EIDE FAQ EIDE/FIREWIRE/IDE/SCSI This is all ATA specifications Fil's FAQ-Link-In Corner See also RAIDSee also eSATA See also SAS See also SATA See also SATA-IO See also SCSI See also xSATA DISK DRIVE INFO

AoE - ATA over Ethernet

AoE is a light-weight IP storage protocol . AoE - ATA over Ethernet Format of the AoE header and the command set AoE: ATA over Ethernet: White Paper

BACKUP Your Home Computer Hard Drives

So far, I'm discussing only backup solutions for Home Systems. While I have used and liked Acronis True Image in the past, I personally do NOT recommend Acronis True Image 10 Home Edition for Home Use, UNLESS you never expect to use a RAID1 hard drive configuration for advanced data protection. Acronis True Image 10 Home WILL run on Vista. I recently purchased Acronis True Image 10 Home Edition to back up my Dell RAID1 SATA hard drive system, and was shocked to discover that Acronis True Image 10 Home Edition does NOT handle RAID0 nor RAID1 hard drives, but does handle RAID5. RAID1 mirrors the data on one drive onto a second drive - If one drive fails, it can be replaced without loss of data. RAID0 provides no data protection, but can provide increased disk throughput (more data in the same amount of time). Many Gamers use RAID0. Almost no home user utilizes RAID5, but many thousands of RAID0 and RAID1 systems have been sold to home users. Symantec's GHOST 10 handles RAID0, RAID1 and RAID5. I have thrown my Acronis True Image 10 Home Edition in the trash, and did buy Symantec's GHOST 10. NOTE: Ghost 10 requires Microsoft's Net 1.1 Framework (or a later version), which is supplied on the Ghost 10 installation CD. Even Ghost 9 does RAID1, SATA & USB drives

EXTERNAL DRIVE ENCLOSURES (home / small office)

Several of us are using an Addonics Technologies AE5SACSU2 USB 2.0 External drive enclosures with fans. These units have both USB 2.0 and Firewire interfaces and support IDE hard drives, SATA or SATA II hard drive and most ATAPI devices. I am using a Maxtor SATA1 drive, while another friend is using a SATAII HDD. You can also get it at NewEgg. Addonics AE5SACSU2 at NEWEGG CES: SentrySafe's Water- and Fireproof Backup Drive 7 Benefits of Disk-to-Disk (D2D) Backup - white paper - Adaptec

Bluefin (formerly SMI-S) - A common interface for SAN Management - SNIA-DRM

SMI-S was designated as an ISO/IEC standard in January, 2007. SMI - Join href="http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/SMI/bluefin/Bluefin_White_Paper_v081302.pdf">�Bluefin� A Common Interface for SAN Management Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) - Bluefin... Bluefin - Computerworld Bluefin May Solve Some Storage Interoperability Problems ... SMI-S successor to Bluefin on fast track

CIFS

Common Internet File System (created by Microsoft). CIFS [Protocol] Download details: Common Internet File System (CIFS) File Access ... CIFS or Public SMB Information on Common Internet File System CIFS Protocol Operation [Protocol] Novell 6 CIFS pass-through authentication failures Implementing CIFS Implementing CIFS: SMB CIFS - wikipedia

CIM Common Information Model (DMTF)

The CIM Specification describes the language, naming, Meta Schema and mapping techniques to other management models such as SNMP MIBs, and DMTF MIFs etc. The Meta Schema is a formal definition of the model. It defines the terms used to express the model and their usage and semantics. The elements of the Meta Schema are Classes, Properties, and Methods. The Meta Schema also supports Indications and Associations as types of Classes and References as types of Properties. CIM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) CIM Tutorial CIM Standards (DMTF) DMTF - Standards - Common Information Model (CIM) Specification,... DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) COM Technote - PDF - DMTF Guided Tour of the Common Information Model Repository CIM Whitepapers CIM FAQ CIM-XML CIM - Google Search CIM Reference Books See also CIM BOOKS (search for "cim")

CIM-SAN

The CIM/WBEM managed SAN or "CIM-SAN", is the first permanent and "open" multi-vendor development and demonstration environment for accelerating the implementation of CIM/WBEM technology into products - SNIA. CIM-SAN1 evolved into CIM-SAN2 which evolved into SMI-Lab3.

CISCO's IOS SWITCH/ROUTER COMMAND LANGUAGE

Undocumented IOS Commands Cisco cram sheets - CCIE Top Ten Cisco IOS Tips. Cisco administration 101: Learn 10 commands to configure on a new router Cisco IOS Scripting with Tcl Basic Cisco IOS Software and Catalyst 3550 Series Security Cisco IOS ACL calculator CONGIGURATION: IOS Dialup config End to End DSL configuration with Cisco CISCO 1600 Router Configuration Telconi Terminal for Cisco IOS TROUBLESHOOTING Characterizing and Tracing Packet Floods Using Cisco Routers Cisco "ASK THE EXPERT" Archive MISC: Cisco-centric Open Source Exchange Community (COSI) OTHER CISCO LINKS: Lots of Cisco links Freesco - Linux-based clone of a Cisco router Link Of The Day - Great Technical Information - Daniel Jones - jonesnco

Conferences, Storage

Storage Networking 2006

DAFS - Direct Access File System

DAFS (Direct Access File System) (Linktionary term) DAFS unites SANs, NAS, while increasing CPU efficiency DAFS Collaborative Completes New File Access Protocol Specification This document is intended to be a preliminary specification for DAFS ACM Queue - DAFS: A New High-Performance Networked File System ... Direct Access File System (DAFS) Research DAFS is an emerging ... Current DAFS server design and implementation - Harvard DAFS at Duke DAFS vs. NFS comparative throughput results DAFS for NAS DAFS: data mining file server - IEEE Direct Access FileSystem (DAFS) Kernel Server for FreeBSD

DAS - Direct Attached Storage

DAS: What is it? - TechLibrary DAS - Learning the ABCs for Network Storage - Part One Enterprise Design for DAS - Microsoft - 2005 Using Fibre Channel to Reduce SCSI Storage Costs White Paper cost of DAS storage as opposed to SAN storage DAS Design for the CDC Scenario - Microsoft DAS - Adaptec Article: The Cost Benefits of an iSCSI SAN A Switchless SAN is faster than DAS storage Easing the Migration from Parallel to Serial Storage NAS, DAS or SAN? - Choosing the Right Storage Technology for Your Organization - 2004 DAS - wikipedia

Data Recovery

Data Recovery Quick Data Recovery The A to Z of Windows disaster recovery | Disaster Recovery Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Revivio Takes on Mirror-Splits Disaster recovery in the data center

DS4000 (FAStT) - IBM Computer Storage

ENCRYPTED HARD DRIVES (HDDs)

Seagate and others are working on producing computer hard drives that store data in an encrypted state on the drive. While this can not protect from theft of data as it is utilized, it would protect against data loss from stolen or hacked computers. Data Protection Drive

FATA - Fiber Attached Technology Adapted

FATA - EMC, HP Zero in on Fast Backup Seagate to Release Own FATA Drive at Entry Level Click here for more info

GBIC - gigabit interface converter

GBIC Cisco GBICs data sheet

HPC - High Performance Computing | High Productivity Computing

HPC - High-performance computing Seven Key Requirements For a Turnkey HPC Storage Solution iN mAY, 2007, IBM announced its first storage product aimed specifically at high performance computing customers. The System Storage DCS9550 HPC storage benchmarking - PDF - usenix.org Sun strengthens HPC storage with Cluster File Systems deal - 13 September 2007 HA and HPC storage requirements and architectures - 2005 Network Appliance - Products - Storage Systems -HPC Storage - Data ... NetApp Delivers HPC Storage Solution BlueArc Powers HPC Storage Grid At Penn & Rice University DataDirect Networks (DDN) Unveils HPC Trends in HPC Storage Architecture and Media Technology - 9/2004 HPC storage virtualization - Crosswalk Inc. of Westminster, Colo., has released the iGRid 5100 High Performance Computing (HPC) Storage Challenges - dtc.umn.edu HPC Wire HPCC

HVD - Holographic Versatile Disk

Holographic Versatile Disks (HVDs) are not yet available, but many companies are persuing the HVD. HVDs are expected to be able to hold 3.9 TB of data. HVD - Wikipedia

InfiniBand

InfiniBand - Wikipedia InfiniBand - a Whatis.com definition InfiniBand news and resources - networkworld InfiniBand Bus Description The InfiniBand Trade Association homepage Linux InfiniBand Project Open InfiniBand Alliance InfiniBand Architecture - Intel An Introduction to the InfiniBand Architecture InfiniBand InfiniBand storage makes a comeback Mellanox showed off a new pair of dual-port 20 Gbps Infiniband and 10 GbE adapters, outfitted with PCIe 2.0

IP SAN

IP SAN, definition of IP SAN: A complete Storage solution IP SAN offers big savings over Fibre Channel - 9/2002 IP SAN or FC SAN (for Windows) - white paper - 7/2003 IP-based SANs: Combining apples and oranges

IP Storage

Introduction to IP Storage - PDF IP storage: The year (2003) in review - InfoStor

LOAD BALANCING / LOAD LEVELING - Computers & Storage

GENERAL INFORMATION on LOAD BALANCINGWhat is load balancing? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia ... What is Network Load Balancing? - A Word Definition From the ... Load Balancing Problems for Multiclass Jobs in Distributed/Parallel Computer Systems - ACM Load Balancing - White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies ... Load Balancing in a Cluster Computer - PDF - IEEE

LVM / LVM2 - Logical Volume Manager

LVM HOWTO - Linux LVM2 Resource Page (source) Root-on-LVM-on-RAID HOWTO LVM GUI Project Page Notes on using logical volumes and the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Digital Hermit - LVM - Logical Volume Manager LVM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia LVM - Logical Volume Manager - SuSe white paper freshmeat.net: Project details for LVM GUI Project Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) on Software RAID LVM: The logical way to manage space File system snapshots with LVM : Page 1 HOW TO BOOT YOUR ROOT FS OFF OF LVM LVM command - linuxcommand Logical Volume Manager Basics LVM Configuration in Yast LVM background and Partitioning Information Index of /~blade/install/lvm Gentoo Linux Documentation - Gentoo LVM2 installation The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) - SuSe LVM and Removable IDE Drives Backup System | Linux Journal LVM white papers with a wealth of large disk support information - HP LVM Configuration - djack

LVM Problems, Advisories

VOICE Newsletter 02/2005 - Troubleshooting LVM Problems Gentoo update for davfs2/lvm-user - Secunia - Advisories - 11/12/2004 Mandrake update for lvm - Secunia - Advisories Redhat - Updated lvm package fixes security issue - 7/24/2005 LVM update breakage - [WBEL-users] - 9/2004

MIB (SNMP & RMON) - Management Information Base

The MIBs MIB index Directory of helpful MIB-related scripts/files - Cisco mibDepot What is MIB? Free MIB Browser / MIB Browser / SNMP Browser. Private Enterprise Numbers (iana)

MPIO - Multipath I/O

Microsoft Boosts SAN Availability with iSCSI Initiator 2.0 New features in UnixWare 7 SDI High Availability in Windows Using Microsoft MPIO MAP 0285: Multipath I/O (MPIO) Problem Resolution Why Windows Administrators Should Care About MPIO Client partitions sdipath(1M) Microsoft Grooms Windows for Storage Microsoft Delivers Multipath I/O Support for Storage Devices Multipathing and the Microsoft MPIO Driver Achitecture Microsoft Scales Data Center Wall with MPIO Bill Gates Slips a Disk, or Tries to Rupture the Storage Technology of Rivals? Microsoft Adds Much-Needed Storage Features to Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Multipath I/O: Frequently Asked Questions Microsoft Storage Technologies - Multipath I/O Why Windows Administrators Should Care About MPIO High Availability in Windows Using Microsoft MPIO IBM Redbooks | IBM System Storage N series MPIO Support�Frequently ...

MPLS - MultiProtocol Label Switching

MPLS MPLS Resource Center MPSLS Services MPLS - protocols dot com

NAS

NAS - Wikipedia Network-attached storage - NationMaster NAS, definition of NAS for the Home or Office NAS Links - Intelligent Business Results for "NAS" - fexIT NAS-SAN Differences NAS-SAN dot com Storage Basics: NAS Options Broaden

MICROSOFT's NAS 3.0

InfoStor - EMC continues midrange NAS push Will Microsoft Shake Up NAS Market ... and More Microsoft's Next Storage Play Users, vendors combine NAS, iSCSI Windows Powered NAS Solutions NetApp Squares Off With Redmond EMC Kisses Microsoft's NAS

OID

Explains OID's (object identifiers), and Lists OIDs OID assignments from the top node ASN.1 Site - Tools - OID repository A Brief Guide to OIDs - PDF Oid (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

OSPF - Open Shortest Path First

Basic OSPF tutorial OSPF v3 as a manet routing protocol Open Shortest Path Protocol Translate OSPF-ese to IS-IS-ese IS-IS tutorial (ppt) Cisco's OSPF Design Guide. 50 pages of OSPF goodness OSPF Design Guide - Document ID: 7039 - Cisco OSPF - DNR

PATA

Lately, the industry has started to call the traditional ATA interface "parallel ATA" - and some abbreviate it to PATA--to distinguish it Serial ATA (SATA). PATA - Parallel ATA

PnP - Plug and Play

Plug-and-Play http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/doc/PnP/ http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/doc/specs/protocol/pnp/ Plug and Play SCSI Specification Plug and Play for Windows 2000 Plug and Play SCSI Specification Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification (ACPI), V.3.0

Probability

Coming soon

QLOGIC

Installing QLogic FC Driver on RHEL 4

RDAC

RDAC installation on RHEL 4

SAN - Storage Area Network

SAN - Wikipedia SAN background- NationMaster SAN, definition of SAN-NAS Comparison SAN Links - Intelligent Business Results for "SAN" - fexIT NAS-SAN dot com Learning Guide: SAN management FC SANs - Links SAN - Factbites See also SAN BOOKS (search for "san")

SATA

SAS controllers allow the use of SATA drives, but SATA controllers do not. Troubleshooting your SATA drive SATA - Serial ATA - Wikipedia Serial ATA Org What is Serial ATA? - Definition - Webopedia Evolution in Hard Disk Drive Technology: SAS and SATA - White Paper - Maxtor (now Seagate) - PDF SAS and SATA Disk Drives in SAS Expander-Based - White Paper - .DOC file SATA drives: Four worst practices Serial ATA product Handbook Serial ATA - a Whatis.com definition SATA - Nationmaster ANSI Technical Committee T13 (ATA) Serial ATA (SATA) on Linux Using serial ATA with Linux Serial ATA Working Group - SATA Specifications SATA - ATA-ATAPI.COM Mixing SAS and SATA drives can cause problems Is There Magic in SATA and SAS? University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory Serial ATA Consortium SAS and SATA - Unparalleled serial interface compatibility In-Depth Exploration of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA ... In-Depth Exploration of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA ... White Paper - Serial ATA - Next Generation Storage Interface - Hitachi
SATA Targets Enterprise Storage How can a SATA drive hook up to a SAN? SATA Takes on SCSI | A Challenger Rises | March 17, 2005 | Network ... SCSI and knowing your ATA from your SATA I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THESE SITES: (SATA) Serial ATA Drive Cables Serial ATA Hard Drive Round Cables SATA RAID, SATA Drives, SATA Mobile Racks, SATA Converters, SATA ... See also SATA BOOKS (search for "sata")

SATA II - now called SATA-IO

Also called: SATA 3G, SATA 300, SATA 3Gb/s, and SATA-IO. SATA-IO is the preferrred name for this specification. SATA-IO has just finished version 2.5 of the SATA specification, SATA Revision 2.5. SATA Revision 2.5 is a consolidated, integrated spec that includes the 3Gb/s feature, as well as other features like Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Staggered Spin-up, Hot Plug, Port Multiplier and eSATA. It also incorporates resolutions to all known compatability issues. SATA-IO Supports 1.5 and 3.0 gigabits, Get the pros and cons of SATA II (SATA-IO) NCQ, hot plug and staggered spinup (not all are mandatory to be SATA-IO compliant). Some SATA 3-Gpbs drives ship as 1.5-Gpbs, and need a utility to set them to 3-Gbs. The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) What you should know about SATA II Get the pros and cons of SATA II (SATA-IO) Get the pros and cons of SATA II (SATA-IO) - zdnetasia SATA 3G: New Technology & Devices What is SATA 3G (3Gb/s ... SOME SATA-IO FEATURES: Port Multipliers - devices that allow you to increase the number of disks on a single SATA channel from one up to fifteen--were an add-on spec that is backward compatible with the SATA 1 standard. Asynchronous Notification - Under older mechanisms such as ATA, hosts had to regularly poll ATAPI devices (this happens about every one second) to look for changes in media (i.e., when you insert a new CD). Asynchronous notification relieves the host of these responsibilities. Instead, the ATAPI device itself will notify the host of changes to the media. ClickConnect - The original SATA connector was designed for internal use only and was kind of flimsy, although it was generally adequate for its intended use. The problem: The cable could come loose from the drive or motherboard fairly easily. ClickConnect is a new cabling mechanism that includes a latch that keeps the SATA cable connected.

eSATA - External SATA

Like USB and FireWire, eSATA provides the capability for hot plugging new devices with cables up to 2 meters in length (vs. 1 meter for internal SATA connections). However, this external connection can be extended to 8 meters with another extension, xSATA, described below. External SATA (eSATA) - sata-io org Link Power Management - Allows the SATA link to be placed into one of three states: Active, Partial, or Slumber, thus allowing the disk system to be placed into a lower power state, Staggered Spin-Up - When you power on an array of 16 disks, all 16 disks would need to draw a great amount of power in order to start up. With staggered spin-up, the disks can be powered up separately to avoid this high current demand.

xSATA

However, this eSATA external connection can be extended to 8 meters with another extension, xSATA. 'ClickConnect,' 'xSATA' Coming to External Drives SATA 3G: New Technology & Devices What is SATA 3G (3Gb/s ... xSATA coming soon - Discussion@SR XSATA - The Ultimate XB360 Hard Drive Space Saver... See also SAS See also SATA BOOKS (search for "sata")

SFF

Small Form Factor. SFF/SFP Overview SFF - Small Form Factor

SFP - Small form-factor pluggable interface

SFF/SFP Overview Small form-factor pluggable interface SFP transceiver SFP - nationmaster SFP Interface - nationmaster SFP Transceiver - nationmaster

Simulation

Coming soon

SMASH - Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware

DMTF - SMASH PDF Document SMASHForumDataSheet.pdf* PDF Document SMASH_2.0_Press_Release.pdf PDF Document SMASH_Tech_Note-_revised_2007.pdf PDF Document SMASH_Tech_Note-_final_pdf.pdf

SMI

Storage Management Initiative, created by SNIA, to create a single standard interface for storage management, hopefully, to be used by all Vendors. SMI is based on both WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management)and CIM (Common Task Management), sponsored by Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). SMI - PCmag

SMI-S - Storage Management Initiative Specification (DMTF)

Storage Management Initiative Specification About the Storage Management Initiative The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) developed the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) to enable and streamline the integration of diverse multi-vendor storage networks; enable the development of more-powerful management applications; encourage management consolidation; and provide a common interface for storage networking vendors. Everything you need to know about SMI-S EXTENSIONS TO THE SMIL MULTIMEDIA LANGUAGE - PDF Everything you need to know about SMI-S What does SMI-S certification mean for End Users?

SNMP

SNMP Overview SNMP Informant The Cuddletech Guide to SNMP Programming SNMP Tutorial SNMP - protocols.com

Statistics

Coming soon

STORAGE ARTICLES

Fujitsu claims first 300GB *SATA* 2.5-inch drive MAJOR VENDORS LOOK TO ENABLE SAS WITHIN iSCSI Storage Decisions 2004 Maximizing Storage Value with IP SAN

STORAGE ARTICLES - WINDOWS

Adding More than Eight LUNs in Window Server CIFS - A Common Internet File System CIFS File Access Protocol MSDN Web Page How to Enable SMB Signing in Windows NT NFS Version 4 site (SUN) NFS Version 4 Protocol Porting Miniport Drivers to Storport WinHEC 2001 Enterprise Storage Session

Storage Bridge Bay - SBB - 9/21/2006

Storage Bridge Bay is a specification that describes a computer storgage sub-system's BACKPLANE storage slot - it defines mechanical, electrical and low-level storage management requirements. The goal of SBB is to allow any vendor's SBB compliant Controller to plug into any SBB compliant storage enclosure. Currently SBB specification Version 1.0 and 2.0 have been released. Storage Bridge Bay working group - Techworld SBB Membership Storage Bay Bridge - Webopedia What is Storage Bay Bridge? - Webopedia SBB Specifications - 2.0, 1.0, 1,0 Errata A, B Storage Bridge Bay (SSB 1.0) issues specification - Computer Technology Review An Introduction to the Storage Bridge Bay Specification - PPT

Storage Bridge Bay 2 - SBB2 - 1/28/2008

Storage Bridge Bay Working Group released SBB 2.0 Specification

Storage Security

SNIA Tackles Security Securing IP Storage Networks - PDF
Computer Security Computer Security Recommendations Viruses and related Information

SWITCH / ROUTER / HUB INFORMATION

Connecting Routers Back-to-Back Through the AUX Ports - Cisco Switch Port Mirroring Routing Consortium Including: BGP, DVMRP, IGMP, OSPF, PIM-SM, RIP and VRRP. Vyatta - open source router

SWITCH VENDORS

3Com APC Asante Belkin Black Box BROCADE CISCO D-Link Dell (repackaged) Fujitsu Hawking Technologies HP (repackaged) IBM (repackaged) InfiniCon Lefthand Networks Linksys McDATA Netgear Nortel Qlogic Siemens Siig SMC Trendware Voltaire
COMPARISONS: Hardware Central

UPnP - Universal Plug and Play

Device Discovery - see also: Bluetooth, Jini, SCSI, SNMP, USB

Universal Plug-and-Play Encyclopedia: UPnP - Nationmaster UPnP Forum Disabling Plug and Play Intel's UPnP Internet Gateway device Microsoft's UPnP Site Universal Plug and Play in Microsoft Windows XP (paper) UPnP in the Digital Home Linux SDK for UPnP Devices UPnP NAT Traversal FAQ Intel software for UPnP Technology Using UPnP Programmatically controlling a UPnP Firewall 2004 UPnP Implementers Corporation Linux SDK for UPnP Devices Device Discovery - Bluetooth A Formal Analysis of Bluetooth Device Discovery How To - Prevent Bluetooth device discovery when within range Capabilities of the Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client and of Universal Plug and Play Discovering Devices Outline of a networked device discovery/configuration engine SNMP Device Discovery Developer's Guide - RRFW

CLUSTERS

LINUX CLUSTERS WINDOWS CLUSTERS

LINUX CLUSTERING

The Linux Clustering Information Center - lcic.org Linux Clustering Software - Reviews - freshmeat.net openMosix, an Open Source Linux Cluster Project The Linux Enterprise Cluster - wikipedia Linux Cluster HOWTO - PDF Beowulf Cluster Site Building a Linux cluster on a budget - linux/.com/Condor Xen Virtualization and Linux Clustering, Part 1 | Linux Journal Some notes about building a Linux cluster Linux-cluster Info Page - Redhat High-performance Linux clustering, Part 1: Clustering fundamentals - IBM Linux Clustering with Ruby Queue: Small is Beautiful XBOX Cluster IBM Redbooks | Linux Clustering with CSM and GPFS Linux Clusters | Linux Magazine Cluster Project Page Cluster Infrastructure for Linux (CI) LinuxHPC.org - Linux High Performance Computing and Linux Clusters Installing a large Linux cluster, Part 2: Management server ... HP Unveils Linux Cluster File System oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Building Linux Clusters Open Single System Image (openSSI) Linux Cluster Project Bruce J ... - PDF Linux Clustering: building and maintaining Linux clusters - Google Books Result Linux Links - The Linux Portal: Networking/Clustering

WINDOWS CLUSTERING SOFTWARE - MSCS

Microsoft Cluster Server - wikipedia Overview of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 - PDF - Microsoft Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to Create and Configure a Two ... - Microsoft Deploying and Managing Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 - Microsoft Deploying and Managing Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Introduction to Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Server Clusters: Storage Area Networks - PDF - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition � Cluster Server - Microsoft high performance computing clusters Compute Cluster Server uses the Microsoft Messaging Passing Interface v2 (MS-MPI) Windows 2000 Advanced Server: clustering Microsoft ITG Infrastructure Services High-Availability Solutions Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Cluster ... - Microsoft Failover/backup - Google Groups results for using microsoft windows clustering software Best practices for using dynamic disks on Windows Server 2003 ... - Microsoft MSCS Basics How to make a Microsoft Windows clustering system in C# .Net High-Availability Solutions Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Cluster ... - Microsoft The Road to Know Where: Ultimate List of Free Windows Software ... Windows clustering and geographically separate sites

STORAGE REFERENCE BOOKS (partial list)

A subset of My Recommended Technical Books (click here)

Ahern, Dennis M., Aaron Clouse & Richard Turner CMMI Distilled. Second Edtion AW $30 0-321-18613-3 Arnett, Mathew Flint, et al Inside TCP/IP NRP 40 1-56205-354-X Bastiaansen, Rob @@ Rob's Guide to Using VMware (ACE, GSX & ESX Server). SECOND EDITION Books4brains $40 978-9080893436 Amazon Benner, Alan F. Fibre Channel: Gigabit Communications and I/O for Computer Networks McGraw $ 90 0-07-005669-2 Black, Uyless ** Critical Testing Processes AW $50 0-201-74868-1 Budruk, Ravi; Don Anderson & Tom Shanley PCI Express System Architecture Mindshare, Inc. $ 77 0-321-15630-7 Camarillo, Gonzalo SIP Demystified McGH $50 0-07-137340-3 Chappell, David A. Enterprise Service Bus O'Reilly $40 0-596-00675-6 Chrissis, Mary beth et al ^ CMMI. SECOND EDITION (CMMI version 1.2) AW $70 0-321-27967-0 Clark, Tom IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks. SW $45 0-201-75277-8 Deming, David A. The SCSI Tutor ENDL Publications $192 1-879936-08-9 Dennis, Zimmer @@ VMware Server and VMware Player BoD $ 50 978-3952294215 Amazon Doraswamy, Naganand & Dan Harkins IPSec. SECOND EDITION PH/PTR $45 0-13-046189-X Dwivendi, Himanshu ^ Securing Storage: A Proactive Guide to SAN and NAS Security Wiley $50 0-32134995-4 HAS NO REFERENCES Farley, Marc Building Storage Networks. Second Edition Osborne $ 50 0-07-213072-5 Field, Gary & Peter M. Ridge et al The Book of SCSI. 2nd edition No Starch Press $ 50 1-886411-10-7 [In my opinion, the Best Introduction & Advanced SCSI Book] Futral, William T. ** InfiniBand Architecture: Development and Deployment- -A Strategic Guide to Server I/O Solutions Intel Press $ 65 0970284667 Garney, John et al ** USB Hardware and Software Annabooks $ 95 Golden, G. Richard ** Service and Device Discovery: Protocols and Programming McGraw 0071379592 Grigonis, Richard Fault Resilient PCs Flatiron Publishing 0-936648-89-9 Grimsrud, Knut & Hubbert Smith Serial ATA Storage Architecture and Applications Intel Press $44 0-9717861-8-6 Hall, Eric. A. Internet Core Protocols. [IP, TCP, UDP, ARP, ICMP & IGMP] O'Reilly $ 40 w/CD 1-56592-572-6 Hammersley, Eric @@ Professional VMware (Programmer to Programmer) WROX $ 40 978-0470079881 Amazon Held, Gilbert Ethernet Networks Wiley 33 0-471-59717-1 Herbert, Thomas F. Linux TCP/IP Stack: Networking for Embedded Systems Charles River Media $50 w/CD 1-58450-284-3 Hernandez, Rowell, et al IP Storage Networking: IBM NAS & iSCSI Solutions IBM Redbooks $60 0738424226 Hertel, Christopher R. Implementing CIFS: The Common Internet File System PH $50 0-13-047116-X Hobbs, Chris A Practical Approach to WBEM/CIM Management Auerbach 0-8493-2306-1 Hufferd, John L. iSCSI The Universal Storage Connection AW $45 0-201-78419-x Hunt, Craig TCP/IP Network Administration O'Reilly & Associates 30 0-937175-82-X IBM Redbooks - online Jackson, Mike SAS Storage Architecture Mindshare, Inc 0-9770878-0-8 Kembel, Robert W. Comprehensive Introduction to Fibre Channel Solution Technology (requires $1200 course) 0-931836-83-2 Kembel, Robert W. In-Depth Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Solution Technology (requires $1200 course) 0-931836-81-6 Kozierak, Charles M % TCP/IP Guide No Starch $80 hardcover 1-59327-047-X at Amazon Kleinrock, Leonard Queueing Systems: Volume 1: Theory Wiley 0-471-49110-1 Kozierak, Charles M % TCP/IP Guide No Starch $80 hardcover 1-59327-047-X at Amazon Kulpa, Margaret K. & Kent A. Johnson Interpreting the CMMI: A Process Improvement Approach Auerbach $ 70 w/froms on CD 0-8493-1654-5 Lamb, Joseph M Windows 2000 Clustering and Load balancing Handbook PH/PTR $55 0-13-065199-0 Lucke, Robert W. Building Clustered Linux Systems HP $50 0-13-144853-6 Mansfield, Niall Practical TCP/IP: Designing, Using, and Troubleshooting TCP/IP Networks on Linux and Windows Marshall, David, Wade A. Reynolds & Dave McCrory Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center. Amazon Auerbach $80 hardcover 978-0849339318 [While I really like this book, in my opinion, it suffers from the same problem as many of the newer technical books - I FIND ESSENTIALLY NO REFERENCES. I may have overlooked some references, and it has a lot of great information, but in my OPINION, IT HAS NO REFERENCES - no books, no papers, no real online links, no CD - for $80, in my opinion it's lack of references is a crime. I would FIRE any technical book editor that did not insist on including references. I am ready to suggest, that if it is feasable, DO NOT BUY ANY TECHNICAL BOOK THAT INCLUDES NO REFERENCES - but do buy this one]. Maufer, Thomas A. @@ IP Fundamentals PH/PTR $ 50 0-13-975483-0 May, J. ** OSPF: Anatomy of a Routing Protocol AW McDysan, David ** QoS and Traffic Management in IP and ATM Networks McGraw $ 55 0-07-134959-6 Michael Jeronimo & Jack Weast UPnP Design by Example Intel Press $70 w/CD 0-971-17861-1-9 Microsoft Press The GUI Guide: International Terminology for the Windows Interface. Microsoft Press w/3 1/2" disk $30 -- Miller, Mark A. Trouble Shooting TCP/IP: Analyzing ... M&T Books 45 Minasi, Mark et al Mastering Windows Server 2003 Sybex $60 w/CD 0-7821-4130-7 Moy, John T. ** OSPF Complete Implementation AW $ 55 w/CD (source code) 0-201-30966-1 Naik, Dilip C. Inside Windows Storage AW $50 0-321-12698-X c2004 Nelson, Mark Serial Communications: a C++ Developers Guide M&T 45 W/DISK 1-55851-281-0 Oglesby, Ron & Scott Herold @@ VMware ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide Brian Maddend Company $50 978-0971151062 Amazon Ohrtman, Franklin D. Jr. Softswitch: Architecture for VoIP McGraw $ 50 0-07-140977-7 [In my opinion, this is a very high-level overview] [In my opnion, it should include a lot more references] Orebaugh, Angela D. et al Ethereal Packet Sniffing Syngress $ 50 w/CD 1-932266-82-8 Osterloh, Heather IP Routing Primer Plus SAMS $ 40 0-672-32210-2 Perry, James T & Joseph G. Lateer Understanding Oracle Sybex $25 0-89588-534-4 Pfister, Gregory F. ** In search of Clusters: the Ongoing Battle in Lowly parallel Computing. 2nd Edition PTR/PH $ 45 0-13-899709-8 (seems a little strangly done, but about NUMA, ...) Pontiatowski, Marty hp-ux virtual partitions PH/PTR $ 50 0-13-035212-8 Preston, W. Curtis Using SANs and NAS O'Reilly $30 0-596-00153-3 Richard, Golden G. III Service and Device DiscoveryUPnP, Bluetooth SDP) McGraw-Hill $ 50 0-07-137959-2 Russinovich, Mark E. & David A. Solomon Microsoft Windows Internals, Fourth Edition: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP & Windows 2000. Microsoft Press $60 978-0735619173 See also: Device Drivers See also: Windows XP See also: Windows VISTA See also: Windows 2003 See also: Windows Tips See also: Windows CE See also: Windows Mobile / Mobile 2003 See also: Windows other Santifaler, Michael TCP/IP and NFS: Internetworking in a UNIX Environment AW 32 0-201-54432-6 Schimmel, Curt UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers. AW 63338 51 0-201-63338-8 Schmidt, Michael E. Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards SAMS $ 45 0-672-31857-1 Schneiderman, Ben Designing the User Interface. 2nd Edition AW 57286 46 0-201-57286-9 Schneier, Bruce Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C Wiley 45 0-471-59756-2 Seifert, Rich The Switch Book: Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology Wiley $ 70 0-471-3458-5 Shamim, Faraz et al ** Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols Cisico Press $ 55 1-58705-019-6 Shanley, Tom InfiniBand Network Architecture Addison-Wesley (Mindshare) $ 60 0321117654 Shanley, Tom and Don Anderson PCI System Architecture. 3rd Edition. Covers PCI rev 2.1 AW $35 0-201-40993-3 (PC System Architecture Series) Simitci, Huseyin Storage Network Performance Analysis Wiley $45 0-7645-1685-X Solari, Edward & George Willse PCI & PCI-X Hardware and Software Architecture & Design Annabooks 0-929392-63-9 Spalding, Robert Storage Networks: the Complete Reference Osborne $ 50 0-07-222476-2 Spurgeon, Charles E. Ethernet: the Definitive Guide O'Reilly $45 1-56592-660-9 Stai, Jeffrey D. The Fibre Channel Bench Reference ENDL Publications, $ 160 1-879936-17-8 Stallings, William SNMP, SNMP-v2, and CMIP: the Practical Guide to Network Management Standards AW 63331 53 0-201-63331-0 Stevens, W. Richard TCP/IP Illustrated- Vol I: The protocols AW 54 0-201-63346-9 Stevens, W. Richard TCP/IP Illustrated- Vol 3 (Volume THREE) TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Protocols AW $ 40 Thomas, Stephen A. ** IP Switching and Routing Essentials: Understanding RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, CR-LDP, and RSVP-TE Wiley 0471034665 Thompson, Herbert H. & Scott G. Chase ^ Software Vulnerability Guide. Charles River $50 1-58450-358-0 Toigo, Jon William ** The Holy Grail of Network Storage Management PH/PTR $50 0-13-028416-5 Townsend, Robert L. SNMP Application Developer's Guide VNR w/disk 45 0-442-01874-6 Trodden, Jay HyperTransport System Architecture Addison-Wesley (Mindshare) $ 55 0321168453 Vadala, Derek Managing RAID on Linux O'Reilly $ 40 1-56592-730-3 Ward, Brian VMware: the complete Guide to VMWARE WORKSTATION No Starch Press $ 40 1-886411-72-7 Amazon Warren, Steven S. @@ The VMware Workstation 5 Handbook Charles River Media $45 978-1584503934 Amazon Wind River Systems VxWorks Reference Manual Wind River Systems Wind River Systems VxWorks Programmer's Guide Wind River Systems Wind River Systems VxWorks Driver Supplement Wind River Systems Williams, David E. & Rogier Dittner Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period Syngress $60 978-1-59749-217-1 While a good book, I, personally, could find very few references in it Unfortunately, fewer and fewer technical books have references - a shame Wright, Gary R. & Stevens, W. Richard TCP/IP Illustrated- Vol 2: The Implementation AW 63354 56 0-201-63354-X Young, Ralph R. ** Effective Requirements Practices. AW $ 40 w/CD 0-201-70912-0 Zadian Technologies SCSI, the Nuts & Bolts Knowledge TEK Zadian Technologies SCSI, the Nuts & Bolts: Workbook and reference Guide Knowledge TEK Zadian Technologies Zadian SCSI Navigator Zadian Technologies c1994 $ 11 Zero G Team InstallAnywhere AW $35 0-321-24610-1

VIRTUALIZATION

About Virtualization Consider your virtualization storage options 7 Benefits of Storage Virtualization - white paper Understanding Storage Virtualization - Research Report by 3PAR x86 virtualization - Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements - wikipedia AMD-V: AMD-V - AMD virtualization - HYPER-V: Hyper-V provides software infrastructure and basic management tools in Windows Server 2008 What is Hyper-V? Hyper-V - Microsoft INTEL-VT: IVT - Intel VT - wikipedia ExtremeVM MiniMe Project Virtualization Info Virtual Strategy Magazine VMbook.info VMare's Back XEN: Click here for XEN information Best Damn Server Virtualization Book Period VIRTUALIZATION WHITE PAPERS: White Paper, Demystifying Storage Networking DAS, SAN, NAS, NAS Gateways Making the Business Case for Deploying Data Visualization Tools Is Virtualization Worth the Security Risks? - by CA 3 Reasons You Should Virtualize Servers Today Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Servers to Storage OS Virtualization: What You Need to Know The Impact of Virtualization Software on Operating Environments Storage Virtualization: Business Uses and Benefits - most typically when transitioning from old, obsolete equipment to new disk arrays Storage Virtualization Emerges... Slowly Virtualizing High Network I/O Environments Iron-Clad Server Virtualization (Review) Virtualization for Linux: The Next Wave - Research Report by SWsoft The Promise of Virtualization: Transforming IT What Impact Does Virtualization Have on Operating Systems? PCI Compliance: Strengthening the Security Perimeter Is Virtualization Worth the Security Risks? Shielding Your Smartphones from Viruses is Easier Than You Think - Palm 3 Common Backup Methods for Virtual Infrastructures Virtualization for the real world - Dell OS Virtualization: Ideal for Many Deployments - SWsoft Is Virtualization Disrupting Your Operating System? Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Servers to Storage - NetApp Virtual Machine Sprawl Leads VMware to Buy Provisioning Help SWsoft and Parallels Prep Virtualization for Different Markets Four Benefits of Virtualizing Storage - Technology Brief by IBM Matching Server Virtualization with Advanced Storage Virtualization - White Papers - VMware

Altiris Software Virtualization

Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0: Full Review - Review ... Symantec to Acquire Altiris - Jan. 29, 2007

BOCHS - Open Source Virtualization

BOCHS

Microsoft Virtual Server

Parallels Workstation

Parallels, Inc.

QEMU - Open Source

Serenity Virtual Station (SVISTA)

User-Mode Linux and VServer - Open Source

user-mode-linux

Virtual Iron (VFe)

VMware - Virtualization Software

VCP = VMware Certified Professional. VMware dot com VMware Company Store Book List VMware: Virtualization, Virtual Machine & Virtual Server ... (VMware - now EMC) free VMware Player, virtual machine, virtual PC: VMware - VMware VMware - Wikipedia VMware Utilities Homepage Download VMware Server - vmware VMware Documentation - VMware VMware Knowledge Base - VMware VMware Discussion Forums - VMware How do I...Install VMware Server 1.04 on an Ubuntu Linux system? VMware Eyes Enterprise, Microsoft VMworld Confidential: DataCore iSCSI SAN Software and VMware Virtualization Make Virtual Infrastructures Practical for Everyone - 2/19/2007 VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 � Climbing The Mountain EMC exec champions NAS for VMware shops Server Virtualization Blog � VMware SAN Guide Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) - VMware - byteandswitch VMware bought a small startup named Akimbi Systems Vmware how to - OSx86 VMware Player with your own Windows XP Professional Virtual Machine VMware: Information from Answers.com Job search for All vmware jobs at indeed.com. one search. all jobs. Popular pages tagged with "vmware" on del.icio.us "KDE 3.5.5 on openSUSE 10.2" for VMware Player VMWare's Back How-to: VMware player modification - Hack a Day VMwa

Complete SAN / NAS / SATA / CIM / DAS / STORAGE

INFORMATION - David Woodsmall

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JUMP TABLE:

ACRONYMS/TERMS

PICKING THE CORRECT STORAGE SOLUTION - SAN, NAS, DAS

ARTICLES / NEWS - Storage

EIDE / ATA / IDE

AoE - ATA over Ethernet

BACKUP Your Home Computer Hard Drives

EXTERNAL DRIVE ENCLOSURES (home / small office)

Bluefin (formerly SMI-S) - A common interface for SAN Management - SNIA-DRM

CIFS

CIM Common Information Model (DMTF)

CIM-SAN

CISCO's IOS SWITCH/ROUTER COMMAND LANGUAGE

Conferences, Storage

DAFS - Direct Access File System

DAS - Direct Attached Storage

Data Recovery

DS4000 (FAStT) - IBM Computer Storage

ENCRYPTED HARD DRIVES (HDDs)

FATA - Fiber Attached Technology Adapted

GBIC - gigabit interface converter

HPC - High Performance Computing | High Productivity Computing

HVD - Holographic Versatile Disk

InfiniBand

IP SAN

IP Storage

LOAD BALANCING / LOAD LEVELING - Computers & Storage

LINUX / UNIX LOAD BALANCING

MANUFACTURING LOAD BALANCING

NETWORK LOAD BALANCING

WINDOWS LOAD BALANCING

LVM / LVM2 - Logical Volume Manager

LVM Problems, Advisories

MIB (SNMP & RMON) - Management Information Base

MPIO - Multipath I/O

MPLS - MultiProtocol Label Switching

NAS

MICROSOFT's NAS 3.0

OID

OSPF - Open Shortest Path First

PATA

PnP - Plug and Play

Probability

QLOGIC

RDAC

SAN - Storage Area Network

SATA

SATA II - now called SATA-IO

eSATA - External SATA

xSATA

SFF

SFP - Small form-factor pluggable interface

Simulation

SMASH - Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware

SMI

SMI-S - Storage Management Initiative Specification (DMTF)

SNMP

Statistics

STORAGE ARTICLES

STORAGE ARTICLES - WINDOWS

Storage Bridge Bay - SBB - 9/21/2006

Storage Bridge Bay 2 - SBB2 - 1/28/2008

Storage Security

SWITCH / ROUTER / HUB INFORMATION

SWITCH VENDORS

UPnP - Universal Plug and Play

Device Discovery - see also: Bluetooth, Jini, SCSI, SNMP, USB

CLUSTERS

LINUX CLUSTERING

WINDOWS CLUSTERING SOFTWARE - MSCS

STORAGE REFERENCE BOOKS (partial list)

A subset of My Recommended Technical Books (click here)

VIRTUALIZATION

Altiris Software Virtualization

BOCHS - Open Source Virtualization