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INDEX - JUMP TABLE:
3PAR |
10GbE |
40GbE |
100GbE |
10G IP |
ACQUISITIONS |
Acronyms / Terms |
ADG - Advanced Data Guarding |
AI |
AMD-V |
AoE - ATA over Ethernet |
Articles / News |
ATA |
Avamar |
BACKUP - Enterprise |
BACKUP - Home |
BACKUP TYPES |
Big Data |
BladeCenter - IBM |
Bluefin |
BOCHS |
Books - My Recommended Technical |
Books - My Recommended STORAGE |
Books - My Recommended VIRTUALIZATION |
BROCADE |
Brocade 3800 Switch |
Brocade 4100 Switch |
Brocade 4900 Switch |
Brocade 12000 Director |
Brocade 48000 Director |
Brocade DCX |
Brocade SILKWORM Switches |
Cachengo |
CardBus |
CAS |
Catastrophe Resistant HDDs |
Ceph |
Celerra |
Centera |
CIFS |
CIM |
CIM-SAN (now: SMI-Lab3)|
CISCO & IOS |
CISCO Data Center Switches |
CISCO MDS 9500 Fabric Switches |
CISCO Nexus Switches |
CISCO Nexus 1xxx Switches |
CISCO Nexus 2xxx Switches |
CISCO Nexus 3xxx Switches |
CISCO Nexus 4xxx Switches |
CISCO Nexus 5xxx NX-OS |
CISCO Nexus 6xxx Switches |
CISCO Nexus 7xxx Switches
Citrix |
CLARiiON |
CLI |
Cloud Computing |
Clusters |
CMM / CMMI |
Compellent Technologies |
Compression / Decompression |
CommVault |
CONFERENCES |
Converged Networking |
DAFS |
DAS |
DASD |
Data at Rest |
Data Domain |
DataPower (IBM Accelerators) |
Data Recovery (DR) |
Data Robotics Inc |
Daylight Saving Time |
DCX - Brocade|
DDF |
Deduplication |
DELL |
Device Discovery |
DFS - Distributed File System - Microsoft |
Differential BACKUP |
Diligent Technologies (IBM) |
Disk Images |
DMTF |
DMX |
DMZ |
Drivers |
DR |
DS3000 |
DS3200 |
DS3300 |
DS3400 |
DS4000 |
DS5000 |
DSM |
DVMRP |
E5400 Series |
E2600 Series |
ECC |
EIDE |
EMC |
Atmos (EMC) |
EMC Centera |
EMC Celerra |
EMC CLARiiON |
EMC Control Center |
EMC CX series |
EMC DAE |
EMC DMX series |
EMC NS series |
EMC VMAX |
EMC VNX |
EMULEX |
Encrypted HDDs |
Encryption |
Error Correction |
eSATA |
ESB |
Ethernet |
Exxxx (NetApp SAN Storage) |
F5 Networks |
FAN |
Far Line Storage |
FAS (NetApp Filer) |
FAS 6200 Series |
FAS 3200 Series |
FAS2500 Hybrid Array |
FAS 2200 Series |
FATA |
FDE - Full Disk Encryption |
Fibre Channel (FC, FCIP, FCP, iFCP) |
Fibre Channel SAN |
FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet|
filer - NetApp |
Files & File Systems |
Fireproof HDDs |
FLASH |
FUJITSU Network Technologies |
Fujitsu STORAGE |
Full BACKUP |
Fuzzy Logic |
GBIC |
Ghost |
Greenplum - EMC |
Grid Computing |
HA - High Avalailablity |
HAMR |
Hashing |
HBAs |
8 Gbps HBAs |
16 Gbps HBAs |
glance |
GlusterFS |
HADOOP |
Hard Drive Encryption Information |
Hard Drive Encryption Hardware (Firmware) |
Hard Drive & File Encryption Software Apps |
Hard Drive RECOVERY - SCSI
Hard Drive Testing (S.M.A.R.T) |
HDD |
HDFS |
HDS - Hitachi Data Systems - now part of Western Digital |
HGST |
HITACHI |
HOSTS file - what it does, how to use it |
HP |
HPC |
HVD |
HyperSCSI |
HyperTransport |
HYPER-V |
HYPER-V2 |
Hypervisor |
IBM |
IBM Redbooks - online |
IDE |
ILM |
Incremental BACKUP |
InfiniBand |
INTEL-VT |
IP |
IP SANS |
IP Storage |
IS-IS |
iSCSI |
iSER (iSCSI RDMA)|
iSNS |
ISO Images |
IVT |
JBOD |
JMAPI |
KAMINARIO |
KMIP |
KVM (linux) Kernel Virtual Machine |
KVM - Keyboard, Video and Mouse Switcher |
LAYOFFS |
Legato|
Linux |
Linux Clusters |
Linux Troubleshooting |
Load Balancing |
LSI |
LTO |
LUNS (Linux) |
LVM - Logical Volume Manager |
LVM Problems / Advisories |
MAID |
MapReduce (part of Hadoop) |
McData - now Brocade |
MD5 |
MDS |
MERGERS |
MIB |
Microsoft Virtual Server |
Mirrors |
MPIO |
MPLS |
MSCS |
MSI |
NAS |
NAS 3.0 (Microsoft) |
NATE - Network/NetApp Automation Test Environment |
Nearline Storage |
NBU |
NDMP |
NDMP-plus |
NEC |
NFS |
NetApp |
NetBackup |
Net-SNMP |
Network information |
NEWS about Storage |
NEXUS |
NTFS |
Off-Line Storage (OST) |
OID |
Online Storage (Tier 1) |
ONTAP |
ONTAP 7G |
ONTAP 8 |
ONTAP GX |
OpenStorage |
OSPF |
OSSV - Open Systems SnapVault |
OST - Symantec's NetBackup API |
OST - Off-Line Storage |
Other Resources |
Panasas |
Parallels |
PATA |
PCI |
PCI-X |
PCI-X2 |
PCIe |
Perl |
PICKING THE CORRECT STORAGE SOLUTION - SAN, NAS, DAS |
PIM-SM |
Plexes |
pNFS |
PnP |
Probability |
QEMU |
QLogic |
Quantum |
RAID - ALL levels of |
Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction |
Reference Books |
REFERENCES |
RFCs |
RFC 3980 |
RFID |
RIFS |
RIP |
Routers - Information - Enterprise |
Routers - Home / Small Office |
Router Reviews - Home / Small Office |
ROUTING |
RPA |
SAN |
SAN Fabric |
SANtricity |
SAS - Serial Attached SCSI |
SATA |
SATA II (now SATA-IO) |
eSATA - External SATA |
SBB |
SBB Ver 2.0 |
SBOD |
Scale Computing |
Scripting |
SCSI |
Security (Storage) |
SEMINARS |
Sepaton |
Serenity Virtual Station (SVISTA) |
SFF - Small Form Factor |
SFP |
SHA / SAH-0 / SHA-1 |
Simulation |
Small Form Factor - SFF |
Smart Cards |
S.M.A.R.T Disk Testing |
SMASH |
SMB |
SMI |
SMI-Lab (formerly: CIM-SAN) |
SMI-S |
SMIT / smitty - IBM|
SNIA |
SNMP |
Software RAID |
SPA |
SRDF |
SSD - Solid State Drives |
Standards |
Statistics |
Storage Articles |
Storage Articles for Windows|
Storage Bridge Bay - SBB |
Storage News/Magazines |
Storage Security |
Storage Testing |
STORAGE SWITCHES |
Storage Vendors (Enterprise HARDWARE) |
Storage Vendors SOFTWARE (not Hardware) Solutions |
Striping |
SUN |
SWD |
Swift |
Switch DEBUGGING |
Switched Fabric |
Switches / Routers / HUBs - Information |
Switches / Routers / HUBs - Vendors |
Symantec |
Symantec's NetBackup |
Symmetrix |
Terms |
TeraDATA |
Testing SAN / NAS / Storage |
Tiers, Storage |
Tier 0 |
Tier 1 |
Tier 2 |
Tier 3 |
TimeFinder |
Time Zones |
Tivoli |
TOE |
TRIM command |
TSM |
TUTORIALS |
UNIX |
UPnP |
User-Mode Linux and VServer |
Vblock |
VCE |
Veritas NetBackup |
Veritas Volume Manager |
Vfiler |
VI |
VIA |
Virtual Iron (VFe) |
Virtualization |
Virtualization BOOKS |
Virtualization - Storage / SAN / NAS |
VLAN |
VMAX / V-MAX |
VMware |
VNX |
VRRP |
V-Series |
VSP |
vSphere - VMware|
vSphere Hypervisor |
VSS |
VTL |
VTL more Information|
Waterproof HDDs |
WBEM |
Western Digital |
White Papers - Storage |
Win4Lin |
Windows Clustering Software |
Windows Installer |
Wireless |
Xen |
XFP |
Xiotech |
XIV |
xSATA |
Zetta |
ACRONYMS / TERMS - Storage (partial list)
3PAR - HP's 3PAR Inc. is a manufacturer of systems and software for
data storage and information management. HP 3PAR - Wikipedia
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage - HP Official Site
6B/10B - 6B/10B
64B/66B - 64B/66B
1G - Gigabit Ethernet - 1000 Mbps
10G
10Gbe
40Gbe
100Gbe
Active - I/O is assigned to, and routed to storage controllers in the Active State
(contrast to the Passive state).
Active-Active - Both (Dual) Storage Controllers are Active (contrast to Active-Passive).
Both storage controllers own LUNs and I/O is sent to both controllers.
Active-Passive - One storage controller is Active the other is Passive (in standby mode)).
If the Active controller fails, the LUNS may be moved to the
non-failed controller (Fail-Over [FO]).
ADG - (HP's) Advance Data Guarding = RAID ADG
HP.com - ProLiant Storage - Advanced Data Guarding - Overview
HP.com - ProLiant Storage - Advanced Data Guarding - Questions
AMS - Adaptable Modular Storage (Hitachi)
AoE - ATA over Ethernet. Click here for more information
BCP - BCP Utility - Bulk Copy Program - MSDN (Microsoft).
The bcp utility bulk copies data between an instance of Microsoft SQL
Server and a data file in a user-specified format.
bcp Utility - MSDN - Microsoft
Bulk Copy Program - Wikipedia
BLOB - Binary Large OBject (or BLOb).
BLOB - Wikipedia
Block (Storage Devices) - SAN = Data is moved in blocks of bytes, rather than by files. Block - wikipedia
BVC - Business Continuous Volumes - is a symmetrix device with special attributes. It
can function either as an additional mirror or a separate host addresable volume.
Establishing BCV devices as mirror images of active production volumes allows you
to run multiple business continuity tasks in parallel. - BVC - UNIXLOG
CAS - Content-Addressable Storage (associative storage). Same type of storage as FCS.
CAS - Wikipedia
Ceph
CIFS - Common Internet File System (created by Microsoft). Click here for more CIFS information
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 CIM information
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. See also: WBEM
CMPI - Common Manageability Programming Interface (computer storage API)
CNA - Converged Network Adapter
ControlCenter - EMC's ControlCenter. Handles Symmetrix real and virtual provisioning via GUI.
DAE - Disk Array Enclosure (EMC). Click here for more DAE information
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 DAFS information
Direct Access File System (DAFS) Research Direct Access File System
DAFS: A New High-Performance Networked File System
Federated DAFS: Scalable Cluster-based Direct Access File Servers - PDF
DAS - Direct Attached Storage. Click here for more DAS information
DASD - Direct Access Storage Device
Data at Rest - Tier 3 (Far line) Data Storage
Data on the Edge - "the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage
- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or
even smart phones and PDAs" - Protecting Data on the Edge - HP
data deduplication - the elimination of redundant data = capacity optimization = single-instance storage.
"In the deduplication process, duplicate data is deleted, leaving only
one copy of the data to be stored" - Deduplication - Wikipedia Data deduplication - wikipedia
One, disputed method, is to use a Hash to compare two records to determine if
one record is a duplicate of another. Some "experts" claim that a Hash collsion
(different records yeild the same hash) may cause loss of unique data.
What is progressive deduplication?
How to Leverage Data Deduplication to Green Your Data Center
Three Tips for Making the Right Choice between CDP and Deduplication
For more HPDP information, click here - PDF
Data Protection Software - HP Data Protector
HP Data Protector software - PDF - HP
Data Domain is considered the leader in the field of Deduplication.
EMC won the bidding war, and has acquired Data Domain (beating NetApp).
Understanding the HP Data Deduplication Strategy: Why One Size Doesn't Fit Everyone
Click here for more information about Data Domain
DCX - High Performance Brocade Fibre and Ethernet Switch
Brocade DCX Backbone
Diligent's cool clarity - Believing it can blow the enterprise de-dupe opposition away
"Diligent can produce de-duping speeds up to five times faster than other suppliers,
such as Data Domain", so says the above article.
Diligent's de-dupe approach
Diligent's (an IBM company) web page
NetApp's use of deduplication
Deduplication - The NetApp Approach
Note as I understand it, NetApp has been using Data Domain's data deduplication.
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 DDF information
DHS - Distributed Hot Spare - a virutal hot spare made from unused disk space - RAID-5E
Director Class Switches - SAN Director Class Switches - A fault-tolerant Fibre Channel switch that
typically has a high port count and may serve as a central switch to other fabrics.
SAN switch market: Director-class switches help fabrics grow
Cisco MDS 9000 Family
The director switch - SearchITChannel.com - TechTarget
Director-class switch - Encyclopedia
DMV - data management virtualization. See also Actifio, who coined the term
DPE - Disk Processor Enclosure (EMC)
DR - Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery - Wikipedia
DSM - The Device Specific Module (DSM) is a function of the storage vendor and should
be obtained from the storage vender.
ECC - EMC ControlCenter. Handles Symmetrix real and virtual provisioning via it's GUI.
ControlCenter - Enterprise Cloud Computing Management - EMC
EMC ControlCenter - PDF
E-CLI - IBM / LSI's Command Line Interpreter for IBM and LSI Mid and small-range Storage systems.
NetApp bought LSI. Click here for more information about E-CLI
eSTAT - external SATA (attached outside of the server or DVR box). see also eSATA
ESB - Enterprise Service Bus. see: ESB
FAN - File Area Networking. see aslo: FAN
Far Line Storage - Tier 3 (Data at Rest) Data Storage
FAS - Fabric Attached Storage (NetApp) - A combined storage technology that can use SAN and NAS, or networked storage.
FAS - Fiber Attached (FAS) storage
FAS - Fixed Content Storage. Same type of storage as CAS
FATA - The Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) drives was developed jointly with Hewlett-Packard Co.
Click here for more FATA information
FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet. see also: FCoE
FCS - 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
FCS - Fixed Content Storage (same as CAS)
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 FCIP information
FDE - Full Disk Encryption. see also: FDE
Fibre Channel Class [1-3] Service
FICON - (IBM's) Fiber Connectivity - FICON - wikipedia
These days, used primarily for connection to z/Architecture mainframes. FICON can also
be used on high-end IBM Data Storage (DS8000 = Shark) units.
Wikipedia says that these devices can use FICON:
EMC: DMX & Symmetrix
Hitachi Data Systems: Lightning & Universal Storage Platform
IBM System Storage: Server (Shark), DS6000 & DS8000
Sun: StorageTek V2X4f
and these tape systems:
IBM: Virtual Tape Server (VTS) & UltraScalable Tape Library
Sun: StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM)
Bus-Tech: MAS and MDL Virtual Tape Library.
File Based Storage - NAS = Data is trasferred by Files, rather than blocks of data.
FO - Fail Over. When an Active storage controller fails, it's LUNs may be transferred
to the Passive (standby) controller. FO occurs if the HW, SW and OS are set up to handle FO).
GBIC - gigabit interface converter. Click here for more GBIC information
glance
GlusterFS
HA - High Availablity
HAMR - Seagate's Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology should eventually store
up to 50 Terabytes od data per square inch (using nanotube technology).
HDLM - Hitach Dynamic Link Manager - Multipathing failover (SAN).
Click HERE for more HDLM information
HDP - Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning & Scripting (just-in-time mapping and usage)
High Availability - step below fault tolerant, redundant hardware.
hubs
HUR - Hitachi Universal Replication
HyperSCSI - mapping SCSI over Ethernet. See: HyperSCSI
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 iFCPinformation
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 IP information
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 iSCSI information
iSER - iSCSI Extensions for RDMA
See iSER for more information
JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Disks
KVM - Linux Kernel Virtual Machine
KVM - Keyboard, Video and Mouse switch
LED - low-end DASD (Direct Access Storage Device)
LTO - Linear Tape-Open (an open standard for linear tape backup hardware)
LUN - Logical Unit Number. These days, LUN means one or more drives (or a portion of them)
that have been configured for RAID. The OS treats the whole LUN as one drive.
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.
LVM - Logical Volume Manager. see also: LVM
MAID - massive array of idle disks. The state of MAID in data centers
MDS - Cisco Frabic Switch (family). Click here for more Cisco MDS information
MIB - Management Information Base; an SNMP structure for device management. see also: MIB
MIFs - a Desktop Management Interface standard (a file). see also: MIF
mirror - an exact copy of disk data written to a secondary disk or array.
Click here for more mirror information
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.
MPIO - Multipath I/O. see also: MPIO
MPLS - MultiProtocol Label Switching. see also: MPLS
MSI - MSI - Windows Installer, an installer system written by Microsoft for Windows platforms
(note the .MSI file extension) - MSI - Wikipedia
NAS - Network Attached Storage, a disk array connected to a controller that
provides file access over a LAN transport. Click here for more NAS information
NAS uses file-based protocols such as NFS or SMB/CIFS
Navisphere - One of EMC's Storage Managers EMC Navisphere
Nivisphere understands Virtualization.
nearline storage - (Near-online) - not online, but quickly available. See: Tier 2 Storage
Net-SNMP - a suite of software for using and deploying the SNMP protocol. see also: Net-SNMP
NVMe - NVMe
As SSDs become more common, you'll also hear more about Non-Volatile Memory Express,
a.k.a. NVM Express, or more commonly—NVMe. NVMe is a communications interface/protocol
developed specially for SSDs by a consortium of vendors including Intel, Samsung,
Sandisk, Dell, and Seagate.
ONstor - LSI ONStor clustered NAS solutions
OSPF - Open Shorted path First
OSSV - Open Systems SnapVault (NetApp).
Open Systems SnapVault (OSSV) Best Practices Guide - NetApp
Advanced – OSSV Plug-In Backup - CommVault Documentation
Getting Started - OSSV Plug-In Deployment on Windows
OST - OpenStorage - Symantec's NetBackup API.
NetBackup Open Storage Option (OST) vs sliced bread
My Symantec OpenStorage (OST) "A-HA moment"
DataDomain is using Symantec's NetBackup API - Open Storage.
OST - Off-line Storage. OST - Off-line storage - wikipedia
Off-line storage - wikipedia
Passive - a storage controller that is in standby mode, ready to take over
for the Active controller if it fails.
The act of taking over for the failed controller is called Fail Over (FO).
PATA - Parallel ATA. Click here for more PATA information
PCP - Port Control Protocols.
Port Control Protocol (pcp) - Charter - IETF Datatracker
Port Control Protocol (pcp) - Documents
Port Control Protocol - The Internet Protocol Journal, Volume 14 - Cisco
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Click here for more RAID information
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).
repeaters
routers
RPA - RecoverPoint/SE Hardware - RPA. RecoverPoint Appli- ... System (RPA) - DELL
Dell - EMC RecoverPoint/SE
RSS - Remote Storage Service (Microsoft).
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 SAN information
SAN uses Block-Based protocols.
SAN Fabric - The hardware that connects workstations and servers to storage devices in a SAN
is referred to as a "fabric." The SAN fabric enables any-server-to-any-storage
device connectivity through the use of Fibre Channel switching technology.
SAS - Serial Attached SCSI. Click here for more SAS information
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 SATA information
SBB - Storage Bridge Bay click here for more SBB information
SBB2 - Storage Bridge Bay click here for more SBB2 information
SBOD - Switched Bunch Of Disks. SBODs vs JBODs
SED - Self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
SerDes - A Serializer/Deserializer. More SerDes information
SFF - Small form-factor
SFP - Small form-factor pluggable interface. Usually refers to a least a 2Gbit (or faster) GBIC.
Click here for more SFP information
SID - The NGOSS Shared Information/Data (SID) model. More SID information
Telecom Task Force Roadmap - TMF SID
SMBIOS - System Management BIOS. See also: SMBIOS
SMI - Storage Management Initiative, created by SNIA. see also SMI
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 SMI-S information
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol. see also SNMP
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 SoIP information
SPA - Symmetrix Performance Analyzer 9EMC.
SPA - EMC
spanning tree protocol - The spanning tree network protocol provides a loop free topology for
a LAN or bridged network. Click here for more Spanning Tree information
See: Spanning Tree
SPE - Service Processor Enclosure (EMC)
SPF - Shortest Path First 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. SPF - Cisco
SRDF - Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) - Remote Replication, Disaster Recovery - EMC.
SRDF - Wikipedia
SRDF - EMC
SRDF/S – Synchronous option for zero data exposure loss
SRDF/A – Asynchronous option for extended distances
SRDF/Star – Multi-site replication option
SRDF/CG – Consistency Groups for federated data sets across arrays
SRDF Star - SRDF/Star is an EMC three-site disaster recovery solution.
SRDF Star - PDF
Implementing EMC SRDF/Star Protected Composite Groups - PDF
EMC Solutions Enabler Symmetrix SRDF/Star CLI Product Guide
STaaS - Stoage as a Service
Storage as a service - Wikipedia
SSD - Solid State Drives. see also SDD
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
Switch Fabric - Switched fabric, switching fabric, or just fabric, is a network topology where network nodes
connect with each other via one or more network switches
Switched fabric - Wikipedia
Switch Fabric - Cisco
switching fabric
Swift
Symmetrix - Symmetrix is an EMC brand of fairly high performance computer storage systems.
Symmetrix VMAX Family - Enterprise Storage, Virtualization - EMC
Tag-aware domain - A region of a virtual bridged network in which all devices are tag-aware
TB - Terabytes - One Trillion bytes.
TimeFinder - Local Replication, Data Recovery (EMC)
Timefinder - EMC
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.
UCS - Cisco's Unified Computing System. "The Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is an
x86 architecture data center server platform composed of computing hardware,
virtualization support, switching fabric, and management software introduced
in 2009" - UCS - Wikipedia
USPV - Universal Storage Platform V (Hitachi)
virtualization layer combined with thin provisioning software.
vaulting - archieving tape backups, typically via remote tape backup over a WAN
VBLOCK - Vblock - Vblock is the brand name VCE (company) uses for racks containing
the components of its data center products.
Vblock systems consist of storage and provisioning from EMC, switches and
servers from Cisco, and VMware virtualization software running on the
servers. In addition, Vblock system customers' support calls are
handled by VCE (company)
Vblock - Wikipedia
VCE Vblock Systems
VCS - Veritas Cluster Server
vdisk - array
VI - Virtual Interface of VIA (Virtual Interface Architecture).
VI allows long data blocks to be sent from one machine to another -
A memory to memory transport protocol that is used for high-speed transfer of
data between machines. Used in clusters of two or more computers.
VI PROTOCOL - Oracle
VIA - Virtual Interface Architecture - The Virtual Interface Architecture, a book from Intel
Virtual Interface Architecture - USENIX
What is the Virtual Interface Architecture?
VMAX - Enterprise level storage, virtualizationa and data protection (EMC)
New (Improved) EMC VMAX Enterprise Storage Family
VNX - EMC's VNX series are the latest EMC replacement for the mid level
Data General storage systems.
EMC VNX Family - Unified Storage, Storage Software - EMC
VSP - Virtual Storage Platform, from Hitachi Data Systems.
VTL - Virtual Tape Library. A VTL is a virtual (disk-based backup) system designed to have the
look-and-feel of a tape-based backup system. Virtual tape library - Wikipedia
NetApp - Products - Storage Systems - NetApp VTL - NetApp VTL
NetApp VTL datasheet (PDF).
Data Domain Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Software
More VTL information
WBEM - Web-Based Enterprise Management. See: WBEM for more information
XFP - The XFP multiservice agreement defines a fiber-optic transceiver module that features
a Serial10G electrical interface called XFI.
In other words, "a 10Gbps FSP".
Note that while speed arbitration is part of the 10G standard, XFPs will NOT
negotiate to a speed slower than 10 Gbps.
XIV - IBM bought this Israeli High performance computer company
Uses InfiniBand for the backend connections
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.
MANY MORE STORAGE TERMS ARE FOUND HERE - Click here
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 - What you need to know to pick the best storage solution for your environment
SAN/NAS Technical TipsARTICLES / NEWS - Storage
The RTP impact of NetApp's layoffs
while the company’s RTP site is certainly impacted by the reduction, the storage giant
isn’t slowing its plans to expand locally (RTP).
NetApp confirms - about 900 will be laid off
NetApp Rumor - 1,500 to be laid off ?
Is SATA Going the Way of the Dodo Bird?
RAID 5 Kills SSD Arrays - Skyera
HGST Intros 12Gbps SAS SSDs for Enterprise Storage Systems
Disk Alignment Tools Help Maximize High Capacity Drives
Seagate Rolls Out Wireless Storage for Mobile Devices
Brocade Debuts 16 Gbps Fibre Channel
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, Part 1: Initial Throughput Results - SSD controller uses real-time compression
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, PART 2: : Initial IOPS Results
3TB Drives are Here
MicroNet Launches Sub-$2K 10TB DAS System - 10/6/2010
(Storage) Salaries Rise as Storage Grows - PDF - bitpipe.com
AMD Does RAID On a Chip (Dot Hill's RAIDCore VRA technology)
Brocade For Sale: QLogic Should Acquire Extreme Networks - 10/6/2009
New Seagate Cheetah Drives Go High-Capacity, High-Performance
IBM Reveals New Data Masking Technology
Seagate barracuda 7200.11 drives failing - The Inquirer
Complaints flood Seagate over hard drive problems
The Barracuda 7200.11 is the eleventh generation of Seagate's flagship drive
for desktop PCs and comes in capacities ranging from 160GB to 1.5TB.
Seagate fixes 7200.11 drives - except when it doesn't
Dot Hill 2722 Provides Big Performance in a Small Footprint
EMC beats out NetApp for Data Domain
Analysis: EMC or NetApp Will Pay Way Too Much for Data Domain
Encryption in data management should never be ignored
Business Benefits of Policy Based Data De-Duplication - EMC
a list of all the companies that used the most number of H1-B visas to recruit workers from overseas
Free Citrix XenServer for Everybody
IBM Partners with Voltaire on 40-GB Ethernet Switch
Samsung Plans 256GB 2 1/2" SATA-II replacement, Solid-State Drive - a drop in replacment
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
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 ...
Please refer to the TRIM command for information about the new ATA TRIM command for SSDs.
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
The Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA FAQ [1 of 2]
The Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA FAQ [2 of 2]
SCSI / ATA Translation - Second generation of SAT
SCSI / ATA Translation - First generation of SAT
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 ...
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 AT Attachment (ATA) interface
SCSI vs USB vs FireWire vs ATA vs EIDE vs IDE
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
Parallel ATA (PATA) - wikipedia
See also RAID
See also eSATA
See also SAS
See also SATA
See also SATA-IO
See also SCSI
See also xSATA
DISK DRIVE information
AoE - ATA over Ethernet
AoE is a network protocol for accessing
SATA drives over Ethernet networks. AoE allows the use of
"block" storage devices on a network without the overhead
of TCP. AoE was made available via GPL (GNU General Public
License (also called "Copyleft") by Coraid, Inc..
AoE - ATA over Ethernet
What is ATA over Ethernet? - Whatis
ATA over Ethernet Definition - PCmag
hilli.dk - ATA over Ethernet (AoE) in Gentoo Linux
AoE: ATA over Ethernet: White Paper
AoE: ATA over Ethernet - wikipedia
Vblade - ATA over Ethernet - Buffalo NAS-Central
ATA-over-Ethernet Now Included in Main 2.6 kernel
ATA Over Ethernet: Putting Hard Drives on the LAN - Linux Journal
ATA over Ethernet Tools - SourceForge.net
Kernel Korner - ATA Over Ethernet: Putting Hard Drives on the LAN
ATA over Ethernet: Worth considering?
The ATA over Ethernet (AoE) Protocol | Linux Magazine
Techworld.com - ATA-over-Ethernet protocol
Linux.com :: Reduce network storage cost, complexity with AoE
Using ATA Over Ethernet On Debian Etch | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos
freshmeat.net: Project details for ATA over Ethernet Tools
Download ATA over Ethernet driver 62 for Linux - ATA over Ethernet
Using ATA Over Ethernet On Debian Etch
VMware Communities: ATA over ethernet (AoE)
64bit - x64 - StarPort iSCSI and ATA-over-Ethernet Initiator
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
Backup - Wikipedia
Enterprise Backup Solutions (so they say)
Enterprise Backup Applications Make Backing Up Not So Very Hard
MAJOR PLAYERS (being omitted does not mean not major:
Avamar - EMC's
Avamar - Backup and Recovery, Data Deduplication - EMC
EMC Avamar | Avamar Backup - VCE
Overview of EMC Avamar Backup and Recovery Options - YouTube
Inside Avamar: Fast NAS and NDMP Backup - thebackupblog
NETBACKUP
NBU
NetBackup
OST - Symantec's NetBackup API
Veritas NetBackup
RPA - Recover Point Appliance - (EMC's)
Integrating EMC RecoverPoint Appliance With VMware
EMC Community Network - ECN: Cabling and Zoning RPA Reference Diagrams
Using EMC RecoverPoint Concurrent Local
Using RecoverPoint/SE with VNX for File for Disaster Recovery - EMC
EMC Community Network - ECN: Space: RecoverPoint
TSM - Tivoli Storage Manager - IBM's
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager - NDMP backup for Network Attached Storage
IBM Tivoli Redbooks
OTHER ENTERPRISE BACKUP - I HAVE NO OPINION - Being listed or not listed has no
special meaning: DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH - I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS
Backup Software | Network Backup Software - Arkeia
Atempo - Continuous Data Protection, Enterprise Backup
CommVault - Enterprise Backup Software
DataDomain - The leader in Data Deduplication
EMC
IBM
Enterprise backup solutions - StorageWorks - HP
Lenovo
NetApp
Paragon Drive Backup
Quantum
Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software
Symantec Veritas NetBackup (NBU)
Veritas NetBackup PureDisk & data deduplication
LESS KNOWN Enterprise Backup (to me, anyway):
MozyPro Enterprise Remote Data Backup
Teradactyl LLC. - Enterprise Network Backup Solutions
BakBone Software - NetVault Enterprise Edition for LINUX
OPEN SOURCE BACKUP SOLUTIONS:
Zmanda Launches Enterprise Data Backup and Archiving Solution for Amazon S3
Bacula - The Open Source Network Backup Solution
LinuxPlanet - Tutorials - Bacula: Robust, Reliable Enterprise ...
Backup - Wikipedia
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
Big DataBig data - Wikipedia
Big Data Transforms Business – EMC - Overview - Overview
What is Big Data? - Extensive Insights On Big Data - White Paper - SAS.com?
IBM Big Data Free eBook - ibm.com
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and How we think - BOOK
Oracle and Big Data - Oracle
The Age of Big Data
Crunching the numbers - The Economist
Big Data Hype (and Reality) - Gregory Piatetsky ... - Harvard Business Review
BladeCenter - IBM's
All of this informatiion is copyrighted by IBM
Interoperability Guide - IBM BladeCenter - 2010
Configuration and Options Guide - IBM BladeCenter and System x - 2010
Redbooks - IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology - 2010
Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool (SSCT) v1.32.3 - IBM BladeCenter and System x - 2010
BladeCenter Product Information - Servers - 2010
Product Information - BladeCenter - 2010
IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit - 2010
IBM ServerGuide - 2010
BladeCenter and System x Product Information - Servers - 2010
HARDWARE:
H20
H40
J20
J21
PACKAGING:
Special Packaging Instructions: Bladecenter Expansion Units - IBM BladeCenter - 2010
Special Packaging Instructions: Single Wide Blades - IBM BladeCenter - 2010
Special Packaging Instructions: Double Wide Blades - IBM BladeCenter - 2010
NETWORKING EQUIPMENT - Related:
SITUATIONS:
Adding extra drives to SLES 10 SP3 Xen VM causes failure to boot - IBM BladeCenter and System x
Couldn't setup IRQ 11 with vector xxx error reported under VMware ESX 4.0 - IBM BladeCenter and System x - 2010
Optical drives fail to read CD with "ATA3 read error, time out, or hangs" when burned from an (.ISO) image file
H185360: After capacity expansion, new LUNs may not be seen by host - Servers - 2010
H185357: Arrays and logical drives are shown offline during failover - Servers - 2010
H183456: Device list command lists drives twice - IBM eServer BladeCenter - 2010
STORAGE - Related:
Draft Redbooks - IBM Midrange System Storage Implementation and Best Practices Guide - 2010
DS3000
DS3200
DS3300
DS3400
DS4000
DS5000
XIV
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
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) - Bluefin...
Bluefin - Computerworld
Bluefin May Solve Some Storage Interoperability Problems ...
CATASTROPHE RESISTANT HARD DRIVES (Fire, Water, Impact)
Some hard drives are now being produced that are water-tight in up-to five feet
of fresh or salt water for 24 hours (they still can actually run) and Fireproof to
1400 degrees, F, for 15 minutes.
Fireproof Waterproof SATA Hard Drive for Backup and Storage - ioSafe
CIFS
Common Internet File System (created by Microsoft).
CIFS runs over TCP/IP but uses SMB (Server Message Block).
In computer networking, Server Message Block (SMB), also known as Common Internet
File System (CIFS) operates as an application-layer network protocol - Server Message Block - Wikipedia
"The Samba project originated with the aim of reverse engineering the SMB protocol and implementing
an SMB server to allow MS-DOS clients to use SMB to access files on Sun Microsystems machines.
Because of the importance of the SMB protocol in interacting with the widespread Microsoft Windows
platform, Samba became a popular free implementation of a compatible SMB client and server for
interoperating with non-Microsoft operating systems." - Wikipedia
What is CIFS? - Webopedia
Common Internet File System - MStechnet
LinuxCIFS utils
CIFS: Common Internet File System
CIFS Explained - 2001
NetApp - Server Message Block (SMB/CIFS) - NAS - Protocols ..
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 Common Information Model (CIM)
Guided Tour of the Common Information Model Repository
CIM Whitepapers
CIM-XML
DMTF Updates CIM Schema to 2.9.0
CIM - the key to interoperability and storage management
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
Cisco Learning now on FaceBook.
Cisco Career Certifications Now on Facebook.
Listing open sockets on IOS
Top Ten Cisco IOS Tips.
Cisco administration 101: Learn 10 commands to configure on a new router
Basic Cisco IOS Software and Catalyst 3550 Series Security
Cisco IOS ACL calculator
CONGIGURATION:
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
MISC:
Cisco-centric Open Source Exchange Community (COSI)
OTHER CISCO LINKS:
Freesco - Linux-based clone of a Cisco router
Link Of The Day - Great Technical Information - Daniel Jones - jonesnco
CISCO MDS 9000 (9500) Fabric / Storage Switches
"The Cisco MDS 9500 Series of Multilayer Directors transparently integrate Fibre Channel,
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), IBM Fiber Connectivity (FICON), Internet Small Computer
System Interface (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) in one system." - Cisco MDS 9500
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Hardware:
Cisco MDS 9020 Series Fabric Switches
Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches
Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches
Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors
Cisco MDS Port Analyzer Adapters
Cisco Storage Networking Modules
CISCO Data Center Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 vs. Cisco Nexus 7000 - networkworld.com
Catalyst information - coming soon - older switches
CISCO NEXUS SWITCHES
Cisco Nexus switches - Wikipedia
CISCO Data Center Switches - Nexus 1xxx, 2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx & 7xxx
CISCO Nexus 1000 series
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches deliver highly secure, multitenant
services by adding virtualization intelligence to the data center network.
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches - Products & Services - Cisco
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches Data Sheet
Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Installation Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(1)
CISCO Nexus 2000 series
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEX) are based on the standard
IEEE 802.1BR. They deliver fabric extensibility with single point of management.
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders - Products & Services
CISCO Nexus 2000 series - Data Sheets
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
CISCO Nexus 2000 series - CONFIGURE
CISCO Nexus 3000 series
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches extend Cisco Unified Fabric innovations
into the High-Performance Trading market along with Big Data and Web 2.0.
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches - Products & Services - Cisco
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches - Data Sheets
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Hardware Installation Guide - PDF
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches - CONFIGURE
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches - CONFIGURATION GUIDES
CISCO Nexus 4000 series
Nexus 4000, a blade switch which works with blade servers from
other vendors, such as IBM
Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches - Products & Services - Cisco
Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches - Data Sheets
Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches - Configure
Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches for IBM BladeCenter
IBM Redbooks | Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module for IBM
CISCO Nexus 5000 series NX-OS
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches help transform your data center
with a standards-based, multipurpose, multiprotocol fabric.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches - Products & Services - Cisco
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches - Models
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches - Data Sheets
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide - Cisco
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches - CONFIGURE
CISCO Nexus 5000 series NX-OS - Advanced Features/a>
CISCO Nexus 6000 series
The Cisco Nexus 6000 Series is a high performance, high density, low latency 10
and 40 GE Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch.
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches - Products & Services - Cisco
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches - Data Sheets
CISCO Nexus 7000 series
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series next-generation Unified Fabric Switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches - Data Sheets
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches - Models
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Technical Specifications
Cisco Catalyst 6500 vs. Cisco Nexus 7000 - networkworld.com
CISCO UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
Command Line Interface Reference Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Solutions Release 7.0(1)
Unified Communications CALL MANAGER Reference Books
Conferences, Storage
stay tuned...
Citrix
Citrix Systems
Citrix Systems - Citrix Download
Citrix Systems - Wikipedia
Citrix Online Products Include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting & GoToAssist
Citrix Knowledge Center
Citrix Systems - Citrix XenServer: Efficient Virtual Server Software
Microsoft, Citrix join forces against VMware
Welcome to Citrix Community
Citrix, Intel to virtualize the desktop with new hypervisor
Microsoft and Citrix Expand Alliance to Deliver Virtualization
Citrix to offer free XenServer; Takes shot at VMware - Feb 18, 2009
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 ...
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, NAS & SAN diagrams
DAS - Learning the ABCs for Network Storage - Part One
SAN vs DAS - 5/28/2009
Enterprise Design for DAS - Microsoft - 2005
DAS Design for the CDC Scenario - Microsoft
Easing the Migration from Parallel to Serial Storage
NAS, DAS or SAN? - Choosing the Right Storage Technology for Your Organization - 2004
DAS - wikipedia
DataPower XML Accellerators - INFORMATION (now part of IBM)
DataPower XML Schema Experience Report
WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance performance tuning (Guidelines)
Monitoring DataPower Appliances
DataPower - BOOKS
Hines, Bill; John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, and Simon Kapadia
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook (an XML accelerator with hardware encryption)
IBM Press $70 978-0137148196 Amazon
See also XML ACCELERATORS
See also XML
DataPower - COURSES
DataPower Learning Online system test II - NOT sure this is working???
IBM Course description: Accelerate, Secure and Integrate with DataPower
SAME COURSE, More Info - 6670 - WB560 - Accelerate, Secure, and Integrate with IBM WS DataPower SOA Applliance
DataPower EXAMS
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DataPower FORUMS
IBM WebSphere DataPower Community Forum
DataPower INSTALLATION GUIDES
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances: Type 9235: Installation Guide
DataPower PR Releases and Reviews
Power Up XML Data Processing With the DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator
Comment lines by Bill Hines: Dawn of a new (DataPower) day
WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances - Integrating with WebSphere Transformation Extender
WebSphere DataPower B2B Appliance XB60 - Software
DataPower REDBOOKS
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances - Part I: Overview & Getting Started
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance: Part II: Authentication and Authorization
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance: Part III: XML Security Guide
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance: Part IV: Management and Governance
DataPower Architectural Design Patterns: Integrating and Securing DataPower Architectural Design Patterns
DataPower Problem Determination Techniques
WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance: The XML Management Interface
DataPower XM70 Use Cases and Patterns
Integrating WebSphere Service Registry and Repository with WebSphere DataPower
IBM Tivoli Redbooks
IBM WebSphere Redbooks
DataPower - OTHER ARTICLES by IBM
WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance performance tuning
Offload WebSphere Web services security tasks to IBM WebSphere Datapower SOA Appliances - part 5 - Configuring a Web service proxy to interoperate with WCF
Patterns for REST Services with WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
WebSphere DataPower and DB2 pureXML, Part 2: DB2 pureXML as an audit log for WebSphere DataPower
DataPower - TESTING
IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances - Interoperability
Datapower Performance Testing with Rational Performance Tester
IBM WebSphere DataPower Technology Preliminary Performance Report
Web Service Load Testing for Datapower using SOAPUI - Thys Michels
Intel SOAE Comparison WP 042909.indd - PDF - Intel marketing
DataPower TROUBLESHOOTING - HELP
DataPower SUPPORT Web Page
See DataPower FORUMS
Monitoring WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
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
DFS - Distributed File System
Distributed File System Technology Center - Microsoft
Distributed File System (Microsoft) - Wikipedia
Distributed File System overview: Remote File Systems; File and ...
DMZ - Demilitarized Zone
"In computer security, a DMZ (sometimes referred to as a perimeter network) is a physical
or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external-facing services
to a larger untrusted network, usually the Internet. The purpose of a DMZ is to add an
additional layer of security to an organization's local area network (LAN); an external
attacker only has access to equipment in the DMZ+ - Wikipedia
DMZ (computing) - Wikipedia
DMZ - Demilitarized Zone in Computer Networking
DS3000 - IBM entry level Computer Disk Storage
DS3200 - SAS
DS3300 - iSCSI
DS3400 - FC
HOST TYPES (2009):
AIX
AIX with Veritas DMP
HP-UX
IBM TS SAN-VCE
Irix
LNXCLVMWARE
Linux
Netware Failover
Solaris (with or without MPXIO)
Unused1
W2KNETNCL0
Windowa Server 2003/Server 2008 Clustered
Windowa Server 2003/Server 2008 Clustered (supports DMP)
Windowa Server 2003/Server 2008 Non-Clustered
Windowa Server 2003/Server 2008 Non-Clustered (supports DMP)
Default IP Address: 192.168.128.101 / 102
IBM Redbooks | IBM System Storage DS3000: Introduction and ...
DS3000 for IBM Security Community - YouTube
IBM System Storage DS3000: Introduction and Implementation Guide - BOOK
IBM System Storage DS3000 series: Overview - IBM System Storage
IBM System Storage DS3200 : Overview - IBM System Storage Disk Systems
DS3200 - SAS
IBM System Storage DS3300: Overview - IBM System Storage
DS3300 - iSCSI
IBM System Storage DS3400: Overview - IBM System Storage
DS3400 - FC
Support for DS3400 and Red Hat Linux
DS3400 - Installation and Support Guide for Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Linux, Novell NetWare, and VMware ESX
Default IP Address: 192.168.128.101 / 102
PARTITIONS - To allow a single host to write to specific LUNs,
You need One Storage Partition PER HOST (to prevent I/O
Interference [read before record is written, for example]).
Default Partions: Four (4) Partitions
Can buy: Thirty-Two (32 Partitions)(32 Hosts)
Max LUNs per DS3400 = 256 LUNS
Max LUNs per HOST = 32 LUNS
DS4000 (FAStT) - IBM mid-range Disk Computer Storage
IBM's mid-range disk data storage systems.
IBM DS4000 series: Overview - IBM TotalStorage Disk Storage Systems
IBM DS4000: Interoperability - IBM System Storage
IBM Redbooks | IBM System Storage DS4000 and Storage Manager V10.30
IBM Redbooks | DS4000 Best Practices and Performance Tuning Guide
Support for DS3400 and Red Hat Linux
Installation & Support Guide for Windows Server 2003, Linux, Novell NetWare, and VMware ESX
DS5000 - IBM's Highest mid-range Computer Disk Storage
IBM's highest mid-range disk storage systems.
IBM System Storage DS5000 series : Overview - Disk Systems - IBM
IBM EMEA Announcement Letter
IBM DS5000: Interoperability - IBM System Storage
IBM System Storage DS5000 series : Specifications - Disk Systems ...
XIV Storage Systems
IBM XIV Storage System series
See also XIV for more information
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.
FAN - File Area Networking
Unify network-attached storage (NAS) with file area networking (FAN)
Are you a FAN fan? - Storage Soup
FAN Your Storage Infrastructure | IT Business Edge
File-Area Networking Brings FAN Frenzy to Storage
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 information
FDE - Full Disk Encryption (HDD Hardare Encryption)
Full disk encryption - Wikipedia
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) - ThinkWiki
Schneier on Security - Hard Drive Encryption Specification
Full Disk Encryption isn't FDE anymore | Tech news blog - CNET News
Seagate Technology - Momentus 5400 FDE.2 Hard Drives
SEE ALSO: Hard Drive Encryption Information
SEE ALSO: Hard Drive & File Encryption Software
FLASH storage = SSD Storage
"Modern SSD hard drives are Flash-based, so today there’s not really a
difference today between SSD and Flash. SSD is simply a disk that doesn’t
have moving parts, and Flash is the implementation that allows that to happen."
- http://danielmiessler.com
Flash and RAID: User Tips - 10/16/2014 - Christine Taylor
SSD Vs Flash Storage: What's the Difference? - YouTube
The Difference Between SSD and Flash Hard Drives
See also SSD storage
GBIC - gigabit interface converter
GBIC
Cisco GBICs data sheet
SFP can be regarded as the hot plugable, upgrade version GBIC
GRID Computing
Grid computing - Wikipedia
Grid Computing Planet - FAQ
Grid Computing Info Centre (GRID Infoware)
IBM Grid Computing home page
Oracle Grid Computing
Grid Computing Planet - Jupitermedi
What is grid computing? - a definition from Whatis.com
Open Grid Forum
World Community Grid - Home
Welcome to grid.org
Grid Computing Now! - grid.globalwatchonline.com
Grid Computing Home
Grid Computing - PDF - educause.edu/
What is Grid ?
The Globus Alliance
Grid Computing 101 - youtube
SAS Grid Computing
HADOOP
What is Hadoop? - Definition from Whatis.com
"Hadoop is a free, Java-based programming framework that supports
the processing of large data sets in a distributed computing
environment. It is part of the Apache project sponsored by the
Apache Software Foundation." - techtarget.
Hadoop: What it is, how it works, and what it can do - O'Reilly Radar
"The underlying technology was invented by Google back in their
earlier days so they could usefully index all the rich textural
and structural information they were collecting, and then present
meaningful and actionable results to users. There was nothing on
the market that would let them do that, so they built their own
platform. Google's innovations were incorporated into Nutch, an
open source project, and Hadoop was later spun-off from that.
Yahoo has played a key role developing Hadoop for enterprise applications." - Mike Olson
What is Hadoop - Hadoop Distributed File System - Apache Software ... - Cloud Era
"Technically, Hadoop consists of two key services: reliable data
storage using the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and high
-performance parallel data processing using a technique called
MapReduce.
Welcome to Apach Hadoop - hadoop.apache.org
FrontPage - Hadoop Wiki
Apache Hadoop - Wikipedia
Welcome to Hadoop MapReduce! - hadoop.apache.org - ON THIS PAGE
Microsoft's FDS data-sorter crushes Hadoop - May 22, 2012
EMC’s Greenplum Analytics: 1,000-Node Hadoop Testing and Development Cluster
HDD = Hard Drive
HDDs are Hard Disk Drives that hold digital data,
usually for computers or data storage systems. SSDs (Solid State Drives are
replacing HDDs in some applications.
HDFS - Hadoop Distributed File System
HDFS - Apache Hadoop - The Apache Software Foundation - ON THIS PAGE
"HDFS is the primary distributed storage used by Hadoop applications. A HDFS cluster
primarily consists of a NameNode that manages the file system metadata and DataNodes
that store the actual data." - hadoop.apache.org
HDFS Users Guide
HDFS Architecture Guide
See also: HADOOP
HPC - High Performance Computing | High Productivity Computing
HPC - High-performance computing
HPC storage benchmarking - PDF - usenix.org
Sun strengthens HPC storage with Cluster File Systems deal - 13 September 2007
Network Appliance - Products - Storage Systems -HPC Storage - Data ...
DataDirect Networks (DDN) Unveils HPC
HPC storage virtualization - Crosswalk Inc. of Westminster, Colo., has released the iGRid 5100
High Performance Computing (HPC) Storage Challenges - dtc.umn.edu
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
Hypervisor
Projects tagged hypervisor - freshmeat.net
Hardware-Assisted Virtualization - Virtualization Review
Virtutech Simics Used to Develop Wind River Hypervisor and Secure VxWorks MILS Platform
ILM - Information Lifecycle Management (applied to Storage)
Information Lifecycle Management - Wikipedia
Here comes ILM
InfiniBand
InfiniBand - Wikipedia
InfiniBand - a Whatis.com definition
InfiniBand news and resources - networkworld
InfiniBand Bus Description
InfiniBand and 10GbE break data centre gridlock - The Register
The InfiniBand Trade Association homepage
Linux InfiniBand Project
Open Frabrics (was 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 or FC SAN (for Windows) - white paper - 7/2003
See also iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA)
IP Storage
Introduction to IP Storage - PDF
IP storage: The year (2003) in review - InfoStor
iSER (iSCSI RDMA)
iSER stands for iSCSI Extensions for RDMA.
ISCSI Extensions for RDMA - Wikipedia
ISCSI gets a boost from InfiniBand
iSCSI/RDMA: Overview of DA and iSER - PPT
iSER and DA Frequently Asked Questions
iSCSI Extensions for RDMA & Datamover Architecture Overview
tgt target, open-iscsi initiator and iser protocol (on infiniband ...
Re: [PATCH 1/3] iscsi iser: remove DMA restrictions
InfiniBand(SM) Trade Association Ratifies iSER (iSCSI RDMA ...
Voltaire Contributes iSER -iSCSI RDMA- Storage Protocol Sources to the Linux Community
iSCSI Extensions for Remote DMA (iSER) at OpenSolaris.org
Linux-Kernel Archive: [PATCH 0/6] iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA ...
iser(7D) - iSCSI Extensions for Remote DMA driver (man pages ...
InfiniBand Trade Association ratifies iSER (iSCSI RDMA) storage protocol for InfiniBand - $9.95
See also InfiniBand
See also iSCSI
See also RDMA
See also iSCSI
LOAD BALANCING / LOAD LEVELING - Computers & Storage
GENERAL INFORMATION on LOAD BALANCING
What 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
LINUX / UNIX LOAD BALANCING
Craft a load-balancing cluster with ClusterKnoppix - IBM
Taking a load off: Load balancing with balance - Linux.com
Wide-area load balancing - VANESSA
Ultra Monkey - Fast Load Balancing using The Linux Virtual Server - ultramonkey.org
MANUFACTURING LOAD BALANCING
Load Leveling and MPS - openmfg.org
NETWORK LOAD BALANCING
Load leveling in mobile ad-hoc networks
Per Packet Load Balancing (computer networking) - What does PPLB ...
Dynamic Load Balancing Using Network Transferable Computer - PDF
Fault Tolerant Load Balancing Consultants - Cisco
WINDOWS LOAD BALANCING
Setting Up Secure Load Balancing - Microsoft
Web Server Farm Load Balancing in ISA Server 2006 - Microsoft
How To Configure Network Load Balancing Parameters in Windows ... - Microsoft
Free Terminal Server Load Balancing Suite for Microsoft ...DABCC
Introduction to Network Load Balancing - Microsoft
Connect to existing clusters from Network Load Balancing Manager ... - Microsoft
Network Load Balancing: Frequently Asked Questions for Windows ...
Network Load Balancing: Configuration Best Practices for Windows ...
Microsoft Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS)
Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing Technical Overview
Using Terminal Server with Windows Load Balancing Service
Configuring Network Load Balancing
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)
LVM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LVM - Logical Volume Manager - SUSE Linux 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
LVM command - linuxcommand
Logical Volume Manager Basics
LVM Configuration in Yast
LVM background and Partitioning Information
Gentoo Linux Documentation - Gentoo LVM2 installation
The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) - SuSe Linux
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
How to Read and Understand the SNMP MIB - White Paper
What is MIB?
Management information base - Wikipedia
The SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) (Windows)
Using and loading MIBS - Tutorial - net-snmp.org
SNMP MIB Compiler - cpan.org
mibDepot
SNMP MIB Search - free search engine for thousands of SNMP MIB files
RFC 1155 - MIB - Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets
RFC 1157 - A Simple Network Management Protocol
FFC 1213 - Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets
RFC 2578 - Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
RFC 2863 - The Interfaces Group MIB
RFC 3418 - Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
RFC 4113 - Management Information Base for the User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
RFC 4022 - Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
RFC 4293 - Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
Free MIB Browser / MIB Browser / SNMP Browser.
Private Enterprise Numbers (iana)
MIBs for PRINTERS:
RFC 1759 - standard Printer MIB
(Proposed) RFC 3805 - to replace RFC 1759
MPIO - Multipath I/O
Microsoft Boosts SAN Availability with iSCSI Initiator 2.0
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
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 was derrived from Cisco's Tag Switching,
when Cisco "gave" MPLS to the IETF for open standardization.
MPLS - Multiprotocol Label Switching - Wikipedia
MPLS in a Nutshell - YouTube
Frame-Relay MPLS - cheat sheet - packetlife.net
MPLS
MPLS Resource Center
MPSLS Services
MPLS - protocols dot com
MPLS - wikipedia
Home of MPLS standards
Opensource and free of cost MPLS network simulator
Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based Recovery - RFC 3469
RFC 3037: LDP Applicability
RFC 2547 - BGP/MPLS VPNs
Carrying Label Information in BGP-4 - RFC 3107
NAS - Network Attached Storage - FILE Based IO
NAS - Wikipedia
DAS, NAS & SAN diagrams
SAN vs. NAS: A diagram of the differences
NAS, definition of
NAS for the Home or Office
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
Users, vendors combine NAS, iSCSI
Windows Powered NAS Solutions
NetApp Squares Off With Redmond
EMC Kisses Microsoft's NAS
NDMP - Network Data Management Protocol
NDMP.org
NDMP.org - FAQ
NDMP - Wikipedia
What is NDMP? - a definition from Whatis.com
Techworld.com - NDMP
NDMP.org - NDMP Protocol Specification
NDMP: Network Data Management Protocol
[osol-announce] NDMPCOPY Test Tool and NDMP Protocol Test Suite ...
NDMP - Network Data Management Protocol
NetApp - Standards Watch: EMC & NetApp Donate Code for NDMP
NDMP-plus: An improved protocol for network based data management
Network Data Management Protocol at OpenSolaris.or
TIME NAVIGATOR FOR NDMP
ndmp-initiator - Google Code
NDMP/NAS Backup Software - NDMP Backup Software - NAS Backup Software
NDMP Hot Backup
Network Data Management Protocol (ndmp) - ietf.org
CommVault Simpana 8 Backup and Recovery for NAS NDMP Storage Systems
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager - NDMP backup for Network Attached Storage
VERITAS NetBackup 6.0 for NDMP - PDF
NetBackup (NBU) - Symantec's (was Veritas NetBackup)
NetBackup - Wikipedia
NetBackup - Symantec
Netbackup - Skills - LinkedIn
Symantec NetBackup - Facebook
Symantec NetBackup (OST)Software with ExaGrid - ExaGrid Systems
See also Symantec's OST NetBackup API
VERITAS NETBACKUP (now Symantec's - GO UP ^ for Symantec's):
VERITAS NetBackup™ 6.0 Enterprise Server ... - iSoftland
Veritas Netbackup Cheat Sheet - DataDisk
Using VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 4.5 with ESX Server - VMware
VERITAS NetBackup User's Guide for Windows - Zedat
Veritas NetBackup 4.5 Product Library Documentation - Oracle
VERITAS NetBackup™ 6.0 Media Manager - Docs - Oracle
Veritas Netbackup - Oracle FAQ
veritas netbackup tutorial
veritas netbackup error codes
Veritas Status Codes and Messages
Veritas NetBackup 6.5 Troubleshooting Guide - Symantec
NTFS - NT file system - sometimes New Technology File System)
NTFS supersedes the FAT file system.
NTFS - Wikipedia
What is NTFS? - a definition from Whatis.com
What is NTFS? - webopedia
NTFS.com NTFS File System. Data Recovery Software
NTFS Data Recovery Software. BootDisk, Freeware NTFS DOS and more
NTFS-3G: Stable Read/Write NTFS Driver
NTFS Technical Reference: Local File Systems
NTFS-3G for Mac OS X
OID
Explains OID's (object identifiers), and Lists OIDs
OID assignments from the top node
A Brief Guide to OIDs - PDF
Oid (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)
OSPF - Open Shortest Path First
OSPF v3 as a manet routing protocol
OSPFv3 authentication
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
RUMORS - LAYOFFS / MERGERS / RIFS / ACQUISITIONS
IBM BLOOD BATH EXPECTED - EXPECTING 64% WILL BE LAID OFF WORLDWIDE, next week (this is 1/27/2015)
Lagging sales prompt Lenovo layoffs here - 5/20/2013
Gartner: NetApp, EMC layoffs part of industry consolidation - 5/20/2013
Analyst warns NetApp is prepping layoffs - The Register - 5/20/2013
Report: NetApp planning 1,300 layoffs - Triangle Business Journal - May 16, 2013
SAN - Storage Area Network - BLOCK Based I/O
SAN - Wikipedia
DAS, NAS & SAN diagrams
SAN Quick Reference - dothill.com
SAN vs. NAS: A diagram of the differences
SAN vs DAS - 5/28/2009
SAN, definition of
SAN-NAS Comparison / differences
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
allow the use of SAS drives.
Is SATA Going the Way of the Dodo Bird?
Troubleshooting your SATA drive
SATA - Serial ATA - Wikipedia
Serial ATA Org
What is Serial ATA? - Definition - Webopedia
SATA drives: Four worst practices
Serial ATA product Handbook
Serial ATA - a Whatis.com definition
ANSI Technical Committee T13 (ATA)
Serial ATA (SATA) on Linux
Using serial ATA with Linux
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:
Serial ATA Hard Drive Round Cables
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 2 is a marketing term to describe products that use a revised version of the
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) standard.
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)
SATA II: What you should know
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.
Samsung Plans 256GB 2 1/2" SATA-II replacement, Solid-State Drive - a drop in replacment
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
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.
xSATA coming soon - Discussion@SR
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
SFP can be regarded as the hot plugable, upgrade version GBIC
Small form-factor pluggable interface
SFP transceiver
Simulation
Coming soon
S.M.A.R.T Hard Drive Tests
S.M.A.R.T. - Wikipedia
TiVo S.M.A.R.T disk test
S.M.A.R.T. Disk Monitor
S.M.A.R.T. Site: attributes reference table
S.M.A.R.T. attributes meaning
S.M.A.R.T. attribute meaning
SMASH - Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware
Resources went bad - need new links
SMB - Server Message Block
A DOS and Windows message format used to share files, directories and devices.
SAMABA uses SMB to allow Unix, Linux and Windows to share directories and files.
Server Message Block - Wikipedia
Just what is SMB?
Server Message Block Protocol
SMB HOWTO
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)
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 - protocols.com
Simple Network Management Protocol - Wikipedia
Net-SNMP - Free SNMP tool - Sourceforge.net. Net-SNMP - Wikipedia
tutorial is for net-snmp 5.0 & above - likely not work with the ucd-snmp toolkit commands
Net::SNMP - Object oriented interface to SNMP
Statistics
Coming soon
STORAGE ARTICLES
IDC: NetApp gains as EMC, IBM lose storage-software market share
SSD flag bearer (STEC) to quickly hit $2bn valuation
LSI releases bigger, better Engenio array (model 4900)
NetApp heading cloudwards
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
How to Enable SMB Signing in Windows NT
Porting Miniport Drivers to Storport
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
STORAGE VENDORS (Hardware for Enterprise)
MAJOR STORAGE PLAYERS (as far as I am concerned):
DELL acquired Compellent Technologies (SANs), Inc in 2011
Compellent - dellstorage.com
Welcome to Dell Compellent's Customer Portal
Symantec Solutions for Dell and Compellent Storage - dell.symantec.com
Dell is Symantec's #1 partner
Data Domain
EMC DataDomain
Data Domain Family - Backup and Archive, Deduplication - EMC
Data Domain (corporation) - Wikipedia
Data Domain Support Portal
EMC Announces Updates to Data Domain - StorageReview.com - 4/16/2013
DELL
DELL acquired Compellent Technologies (SANs), Inc in 2011
As far as I know, Dell no longer sells re-badged EMC storage
Dell
Dell "Compellent" Storage Center
Dell Compellent - Wikipedia
Dell Compellent Enterprise Storage - Dell Storage
DotHill
EMC - bought by Dell
EMC
(SYMMETRIX) VMAX – Enterprise Storage, Virtual Data Center - EMC
Clariion Basics: DAE, DPE, SPE, Drives, Naming Conventions and ...
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Back-end bus speeds for CX4 series and CX3 series storage systems
EMC ATMOS Cloud / Big Data
Atmos - Cloud Storage, Big Data - EMC
EMC Atmos Cloud Storage - PDF
EMC Atmos (EMCAtmos) on Twitter
Scale-out Storage with EMC Atmos - Intel Cloud Builders Guide - PDF
EMC Atmos - http://www.rethinkstorage.com/
EMC ViPR - Free eBook - Software-defined Storage Platform?
EMC Atmos And The Challenge Of Doing Things Differently
The many faces of EMC Atmos. - Storagezilla
EMC Atmos: Enterprise Cloud Storage Infrastructure for Private and ...
EMC Changes the Rules with Atmos Compute - Gestalt IT
EMC Celerra (NAS)
Celerra - Wikipedia
Using EMC Celerra Storage with VMware vSphere and …
Welcome to the EMC Celerra Support Forum
Launch Celerra Manager
EMC Celerra Replicator Overview - Chuck's Blog
EMC - Celerra NAS Storage - SANSPOT
Celerra NS-120 - Entry-level Unified Storage - EMC
EMC Centera
EMC Centera: Content-addressable storage (CAS) platform for data archiving.
"Centera provides content authenticity, governance and compliance, long-term
retention, and high availability with maximum efficiency and low total cost
of ownership (TCO)." - EMC Centera - data archiving
EMC CX series
EMC CLARiiON CX Series
NOTE: CLARiiON has been superceded by the EMC VNX series
Clariion Basics: DAE, DPE, SPE, Drives, Naming Conventions
DAE - Disk Array Enclosure
DPE - Disk Processor Enclosure
SPE - Service Processor Enclosure
Introduction to the EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series Featuring UltraFlex...
Powering down a CX500 series, CX400, CX300 series, or CX200 ...
Clariion CX Hardware Components
EMC Community Network - ECN: How to add an DAE to a Clariion CX4-480
DAE - Disk Array Enclosures (EMC)
EMC 2-Gigabit Disk Enclosure (DAE2) Setup Guide - DELL
EMC Control Center (now called EMC Ionix ControlCenter)
EMC: Control Center commands
EMC Ionix ControlCenter (formerly EMC ControlCenter) 6.0 ...
EMC Controlcenter Software - PDF
EMC Ionix Control Center - Scribd - ~ $9/month
EMC ControlCenter Performance Manager
EMC Ionix for IT Operations - NetScout Systems
EMC ControlCenter 6.0 Support Matrix - VMware
EMC DMX series
EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture
EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and Symmetrix V-Max: Basic Differences
EMC NS series
EMC Celerra Family (NS)Technical Review
NX4, NS20, NS-120, NS40, NS-480, NS80, NS40G, NS80G, NSX
VNX
NOTE: VNX has superceded the DG/EMC CLARiiON Storage series
VNX Series - Unified Storage, Networked Storage - EMC
Data Sheet: EMC VNX Family - PDF
H8572-EMC VNX Host Encryption Data Sheet
Introduction to the EMC VNX Series - PDF - White paper
H8514.9 EMC VNX Series Unified Storage Systems
VNX5100
VNX5300
VNX5500
VNX5700
VNX7500
H8509.4 EMC VNX Series Software Suites
Fujitsu Storage
Fujitsu
GreenPlum (EMC)
Greenplum - Wikipedia
Greenplum is driving the future of Big Data analytics - Home Page
Greenplum Database: Massively Parallel Processing - Greenplum
Greenplum - LinkedIn
EMC Greenplum Tackles Big Data With Hadoop Distribution - CIO.com
EMC’s Greenplum Analytics: 1,000-Node Hadoop Testing and Development Cluster
HDS / HGST / HITACHI
HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) joined the Western Digital
Corporation family of companies in March 2012.
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
Hitachi NAS (HNAS) Platform Family
Hitachi Unified Storage VM
Hitachi Data Ingestor (CLOUD)
VSP - Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
HP (mostly repackaged)
IBM
IBMIBM (mostly repackaged) for entry and intermediate storage
IBM DS3000 Disk Storage
IBM DS3200 Disk Storage
IBM DS3300 Disk Storage
IBM DS3400 Disk Storage
IBM DS4000 Disk Storage
IBM DS5000 Disk Storage
IBM XIV Disk Storage
IBM's SMIT - AIX Admin configuration program
IBM AIX SMIT - Wikipedia
Introducing SMIT - IBM
IBM Redbooks - System Management Interface Tool SMIT
smitty Command - IBM
IBM AIX: System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
KAMINARIO Flash Storage Systems
Kaminario is a Newton, Massachusetts-based all-flash enterprise storage company
founded in 2008. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Pitango Venture Capital and Globespan
Capital, Kaminario manufactures the Kaminario K2 line of solid state SAN storage
solutions. Kaminario announced K2 v5 in May 2014.
Kaminario - Wikipedia
Kaminario Upgrades Scale-Up, Scale-Out Flash Storage Package
Kaminario Triples Bookings in Q2 - Launches of Fifth-Generation K2 All-Flash Array
Kaminario - CONTACT
Kaminario Brings Enterprise-Class Software, Scale-Up To Flash Storage Arrays - CRN
Kaminario in amazeballs all-flash K2 streaming-storage benchmark brag - theregister
Who's who in SSD? - Kaminario - StorageSearch.com
how fast can your SSD run backwards?
LEGATO - EMC Backup
EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) is a suite of enterprise level
data protection software that unifies and automates backup to tape, disk-based,
Legato - Wikipedia
Legato - EMC
LSI Corporation
The Storage division is NOW part of NetApp and NOT a separate company.
LSI is now an Avago Technologies company. For corporate information,
please visit the Avago site.
NEC
NEC doubles deduplication performance
NetApp - Network Appliance
NetApp (Network Appliance) - stock NTAP
NetApp - Wikipedia
NetApp Exxxx (SAN Storage)
NetApp E5400 Series
NetApp E2600 Series
NetApp FAS 6200 Series
NetApp FAS 3200 Series
NetApp FAS2500 Hybrid Array
NetApp FAS 2200 Series
Filer
NATE - Network/NetApp Automation Test Environment
ONTAP
Data ONTAP 7G
Data ONTAP 8
Data ONTAP GX
SANtricity - SAN Management software
Vfiler
NetApp V-Series
"NetApp competes in the data-storage devices industry. NetApp ranks second in market
capitalization in its industry, behind EMC Corporation and ahead of Seagate Technology,
Western Digital, Brocade, Imation, and Quantum.[36] In total revenue, NetApp ranks
fourth behind EMC, Seagate, Western Digital, and ahead of Imation, Brocade, Xyratex,
and Hutchinson Technology. Note that these lists of competitors do not include companies
with significant storage businesses, such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, Hitachi, Dell, Oracle,
and Fujitsu. According to a recent (06.2010) IDC report, NetApp is a third company in
network storage industry "Big 5's list", behind EMC and IBM, and ahead of HP and Dell,
with largest annual revenue growth (47.4%)." - Wikipedia
filer - NetApp
NetApp filer - Wikipedia
NetApp - Wikipedia
NetApp Storage Agent now provided vfiler information
NetApp Storage Configuration - Abiquo Documentation Home
ONTAP - NAS storage Management software:
ONTAP 8 has two operating modes: 7-Mode and Clustered Data ONTAP
"The filers use NetApp's proprietary operating system called Data ONTAP which includes
code from Berkeley Net/2 BSD Unix and other operating systems.[31] Data ONTAP originally
only supported NFS, but CIFS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel (including Fibre Channel over
Ethernet) were later added. Today, NetApp provides two variants of Data ONTAP.
Data ONTAP 7G and a nearly complete rewrite[31] called Data ONTAP GX, based upon grid
technology acquired from Spinnaker Networks. In the near future these software product
lines will be merged into one OS - Data ONTAP 8, which will fold Data ONTAP 7G onto
the Data ONTAP GX cluster platform." - Wikipedia
NetApp Data ONTAP 8 Operating System
Data ONTAP Edge
ONTAP 8 Data sheet
SANtricity - SAN Management software:
SANtricity
SANtricity was developed by LSI (now part of NetApp) for use by several
vendors - IBM was probably the biggest, but not the only, user.
NetApp Exxxx (SAN Storage):
NetApp E5400 Data Storage System - SAS, Infiniband, 8GigE
E2600 Storage System - 6Gbps SAS, 10 & 1-Gb iSCSI, 8GB FC
NetApp FAS - Fabric Attached Storage:
FAS 6200
NetApp FAS3200 Series
FAS2500 Hybrid Array
NetApp FAS2200 Series
Vfiler:
IT Expertise Choice: What is a Netapp Vfiler or Multistore
Backup Central Forums - View topic - NDMP NetApp vfiler
NetApp Storage Agent now provided vfiler information - IBM
NetApp V-Series:
V-Series Open Storage Controllers - FC, SAN
NetApp Network-Attached Storage (NAS)
NetApp SAN
NetWorker - EMC - formerly Legato
EMC NetWorker - Wikipedia
EMC NetWorker - Unified Backup and Recovery Software
Panasas - (NAS storage)
Panasas - Extreme Parallel Performance (NAS)
Panasas supports servers that comply with the LDAPv3 standard (RFC 4510 & related).
SUN - now owned by Oracle
Symantec
Symantec - Home Page
Teradata
Data Warehousing, Big Data, Business Intelligence and CRM Solutions.
Teradata - main web page
eHow Teradata Tips
Teradata - Wikipedia
Teradata Tutorials
Teradata Database
Teradata SQL
VCE
VCE (company), formed by Cisco Systems and EMC Corporation
with investments from VMware and Intel. VCE builds and assembles Vblock
Systems using EMC storage, Cisco servers and networking, and VMware
virtualization technology. It bundles and tests these systems before shipping them to customers
Western Digital - now owns Hitachi Data Systems
Western Digital - Home Page
LESS KNOWN STORAGE PLAYERS (to me, anyway):
Cachengo - cloud storage - Founded: April 2009
Data Domain is now owned by EMC
Data Robotics Inc - Santa Clara, California. Company Web site: http://www.datarobotics.com
Scale Computing
Sepaton - Marlborough, MA
Xiotech
Xuratex
VCE (company)
Formed by Cisco Systems and EMC Corporation with investments from
VMware and Intel. VCE Home Web Page - vceinc.com
Zetta - cloud storage service
SOFTWARE STORAGE VENDORS
I, personally only buy and use Storage HARDWARE (NOT a software solution).
Of course, there is a lot of Software and Firmware controlling the hardware,
but it is Hardware that does the real work.
Some people do not need as much throughput, and prefer to save money
by using Storage Software instead of a hardware solution.
For example, Linux Clusters via Software.
Here is an iSCSI Software SAN Solution Company - I know nothing about their products:
Star Wind - Storage Virtualization & iSCSI storage for small & midsize companies.
SWITCH / ROUTER / HUB INFORMATION
Connecting Routers Back-to-Back Through the AUX Ports - Cisco
Fibre Channel switch - Wikipedia
List of Some Fibre Channel switches - Wikipedia
IBM 2109 Model F16 Fibre Channel Switch
Switch Port Mirroring
Routing Consortium
Including: BGP, DVMRP, IGMP, OSPF, PIM-SM, RIP and VRRP.
Switch DEBUGGING
Storage Switches Offer Alternatives to Fibre Channel
Vyatta - open source router
ROUTER REVIEWS
Switch DEBUGGING
SWITCH & NETWORK VENDORS
3Com
APC
Aristra (Networks) Switches
Asante
ATTO Technology
Avocent (owned by Emerson) Switches / KVMs
Belkin
Black Box
Brocade
BROCADE
Brocade Communications Systems - Wikipedia
Brocade Silkworm 3800 switch
Brocade 3800 rebranded TO IBM F-16 FC Switch
Brocade Silkworm 4100 switch
Brocade Silkworm 4100 EOL - DG/EMC
Brocade Silkworm 4100 - EOL
provides 4 Gbit/sec technology with auto-sensing capabilities for 1 & 2 (& 4) Gbit devices
16 to 32 ports in 8-port increments.
Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking, which enables to 32 Gbit/sec.
Maintenance support is no longer available on the Brocade 4100, McDATA 4400,
and McDATA 4700. End-of-Service Date: October 31, 2012
Brocade Silkworm 4900 switch
Brocade Silworm 4900 Switch EOL = December 31, 2009
Brocade 4900 Switch - EOL Notice
Brocade 4900 Fibre Channel Switch - DETAILS - DELL
Up to 512 Gbit/sec of aggregated throughput (64 ports x 4Gbps base transport rate).
Up to 64 ports capable of 4 Gbit/sec full-duplex performance
Up to 64 Gbit/sec throughput with Brocade ISL Trunking
Exchange-based Dynamic Path Selection for load balancing between trunk groups
Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) traffic rerouting
Non-disruptive software upgrades (hot code load and activation)
Redundant, hot-swappable components, fans, and power supplies
Hardware-enforced zoning by World Wide Name (WWN)
Brocade WEB TOOLS utilization over a secure browser using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol
Integration with heterogeneous environments: Windows, Windows NT, UNIX, AIX, Linux, and Solaris
Brocade Silkworm 12000 Director
Brocade Silkworm 12000 Director
Brocade 12000 Fabric Switch - DOCS - Oracle
Migrating Brocade 12000 to 48000 - any steps? - Brocade Communities
Brocade 12000, 24000, 48000 - TECHNICAL SPECS - Top Gun Technology
MDS 9000 Core with Brocade 3900/12000 Edge Topology PDF
Brocade Silkworm 48000 Director
Brocade 48000 Director - PDF - Brocade.com
Brocade 48000 Director - End of Support (EOS) Date February 17th, 2016
Achieving Enterprise SAN Performance with the Brocade 48000 - PDF
Brocade DCX Integration for Brocade 48000 for Customers (PDF
Brocade 48000 EOL and Blades (fc4-32 and fc8-48) - Brocade Communities
Brocade DCX Backbone High Performance Brocade Fibre and Ethernet Switch
Brocade DCX Backbone
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones
Introduction to Brocade DCX Backbones and Directors -PDF - Brocade
Datasheet Brocade DCX Backbone - Fujitsu
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone Details - Dell
CISCO - Home Page
Lots of CISCO Switch information here - click here
CISCO MDS 9000 (9500) Fabric / Storage Switches
D-Link
Dell - Home Page
LOTS OF DELL INFORMATION HERE - Click
DotHill
emulex
Emulex
Emulex - The Company
Emulex - Wikipedia
Emulex encrypts data before it gets into the array - The Register
Emulex has come up with its OneSecure host bus adapter (HBA), an 8Gbit/s Fibre Channel HBA.
Emulex announces KMIP-compliant encryption - InfoStor.com
KMIP information is HERE
ServerEngines Acquired by Emulex
Emulex - HP microsite - Home
Emulex rejects Broadcom takeover offer, again
F5 - F5 Networks, Inc
Fujitsu Network Technologies
Hawking Technologies
HP (repackaged)
IBM (mostly repackaged switches)
IBM 2109 Model F16 Fibre Channel Switch - a rebranded Brocade 3800
IBM Storage
InfiniCon
Lefthand Networks
Linksys
McDATA (Now Brocade)
Netgear
Nortel
QLogic
QLogic - Wikipedia
Installing QLogic FC Driver on RHEL 4
Siemens
Siig
SMC
Trendware
Virtensys - I/O Virtualization switches - Beaverton, Oregon and Europe
Voltaire
COMPARISONS:
Hardware Central
TIERS of DATA STORAGE
Why storage managers are turning to tiered storage
Tier Matching - informationweek
What is tiered storage? - Whatis.com
Storage tiers create benefits, challenges
The versitility and options for Tier 2 storage are catching up to those of Tier 1.
The THREE? TIERS of COMPUTER STORAGE:
Tier 0 = Performance caching - Solid State Disk (SSD) - Some are condidering this a new storage tier.
Other Storage experts denounce the term Tier 0.
Tier 1 = Online storage - mission critical, recently accessed, usually faster,
more expensive, perhaps double-parity. Tiered Storage Model
Here, Online does NOT mean on the Internet.
Tier 2 = Near-line storage Nearline storage - Wikipedia
Tier 3 = Far line storage - Data at Rest - Oh, Tier 3...
UPnP - Universal Plug and Play
Device Discovery - see also:
Bluetooth
Jini
SCSI
SNMP
USB
Universal Plug-and-Play
UPnP Forum
Disabling Plug and Play
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
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
SNMP Device Discovery Developer's Guide - RRFW
CLUSTERS
LINUX CLUSTERS
WINDOWS CLUSTERS
LINUX CLUSTERING
A Complete Cluster Stack for Linux
Linux Compute Clusters
Linux Clustering Software - Reviews - freshmeat.net
openMosix, an Open Source Linux Cluster Project
The Linux Enterprise Cluster - wikipedia
Linux Cluster HOWTO - PDF
Linux Cluster HOWTO
SourceForge.net: OpenSSI Clusters for Linux
Cluster (computing) - Wikipedia
The Beowulf (HIGH performance) Cluster Site
Some notes on how to build a Linux cluster - 2006
Linux Parallel Processing Using Clusters
Full Circle: Simulating Linux Clusters on Linux Clusters (IBM's Bluegene)
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
IBM Redbooks | Linux Clustering with CSM and GPFS
Linux Clusters | Linux Magazine
Cluster Project Page
Cluster Infrastructure for Linux (CI)
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
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
Best practices for using dynamic disks on Windows Server 2003 ... - Microsoft
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
SSD - Solid State Drives
Modern SSD hard drives are Flash-based.
Please refer to the TRIM command for information about
SSD Reads, Writes and Erase instructions.
Ssd Articles on Engadget
Enterprise Storage: 5 Hottest SSDs Available Now - Sep 16, 2014
SSD - 2014 News, Articles and Trends - Tom's IT Pro
top 100 SSD articles on StorageSearch.com - September 30, 2014
Flash and RAID: User Tips - 10/16/2014 - Christine Taylor
RUNNING RAID5 on SSDs WILL WEAR THEM OUT SOONER - April, 2013 - NOT SO MUCH, ANYMORE
DO NOT USE RAID5 ON SSDs - you will quickly destroy them
This is not as much of a problem as it used to be.
Solid-State Array MQ - Garter Reviews All-Flash Storage
SSD - Wikipedia
(SSD) native command Queuing
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) is an extension of the Serial ATA ...
Windows 7's AHCI enables not only NCQ but also TRIM support on SSD.
See also: NCQ
HGST Intros 12Gbps SAS SSDs for Enterprise Storage Systems
How To Compare SSDs
The Advantages of DRAM SSD
Collecting The SSD Garbage
Solid State Drive Connectivity Options
Demystifying SSD Wear Leveling
Collecting The SSD Garbage
understanding solid state "specsmanship"
SSD security: the worst of all worlds - ZDnet
Aligning SSD Partitions
On-the-fly Data Compression for SSDs
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, Part 1: Initial Throughput Results - SSD controller uses real-time compression
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, Part 1: Initial Throughput Results
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, PART 2: : Initial IOPS Results
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, Part 3: Detailed Throughput Analysis
SandForce 1222 SSD Testing, Part 4: Detailed IOPS Analysis
Verbatim announces world's first SSD ExpressCards with 256-bit hardware encryption
pureSilicon adds 256GB model to new Renegade R2 SSD range
SSD flag bearer (STEC) to quickly hit $2bn valuation
Enterprise SSDs
SSDs are on the way
Solid-state drive - wikipedia
How to equip your PC with SSD for about $200 - ComputerWorld
Solid State Disk Buyers Guide - September 2008 - SSD article on
The SSD Power Consumption Hoax : Flash SSDs Don't Improve Your ...
Memoright SSDs: The End of Hard Drives? : The HDD is Beaten ..
Samsung Solid State Drives - Samsung SSD
SanDisk SSD - Drive your laptop
Four-Way SSD Round-Up, OCZ, Super Talent, Mtron - HotHardware
Intel tosses hat into SSD ring with 80GB launch
SSD command prompt
SSD command queueing
SSD command set
SSD smart command
format SSD command prompt
SWD - (HP's) Storage Works Division
STORAGE (SAN, NAS,...) REFERENCE BOOKS (partial list)
STORAGE NEWS - MAGAZINES
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 (ESB)
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 Discovery: Protocols and Programming
(Jini, SLP, UPnP, 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
(ATA) TRIM command for SSDs
From Maximum PC's TRIM Command White Paper - Holiday 2009:
SSDs are typically Read and Written in 4K chunks called Pages.
128 pages are grouped into one 512 KB Block. New SSDs have fast
read and write times until a Block needs to be erased. Blocks
can only be erased 512 KB at a time.
To overwrite a 4K chunk, an entire 512 KB block to cache, the
over-writable pages (4K chunks) are deleted and replaced with
the new data. Then the modified 512 KB block on the SSD are
erased and over-written with the new data.
The Operating System and it's file system don't tell the SSD
about deleted files. All writes to
The TRIM command, found in Windows 7 and newer releases of Linux
can improve the Write time of SSD drives. SSDs typically read and
write data in 4K chunks (pages), grouped in 128 pages each.
BUT data can only be erased in 512 KB blocks. Thus SSDs usually
have a fast write time UNTIL they run out of never-written-to
pages (and an erase is required). Click here for ATA information
TRIM (SSD command) - Wikipedia
The Trim Command - AnandTech
AnandTech: The SSD Improv: Intel & Indilinx get TRIM
Engineering Windows 7 : Support and Q&A for Solid-State Drives
Non Volatile Cache Command Proposal for ATA8-ACS - .DOC file
Using TRIM features on SSDs before or without Windows 7
Should Filesystems Be Optimized for SSD's?
Ext4 has support for the ATA TRIM command
Linux-Kernel Archive: Re: [PATCH 4/5] ide: Add support for TRIM
The SSD Relapse: Understanding and Choosing the Best SSD
Linux kernel advances - An introduction to what's new in versions 2.6.28 and 2.6.29
For more information about the TRIM command, please CLICK HERE
TUTORIALS - STORAGE (SAN, NAS,...)
SNIA Tutorials
SAN vs NAS - YouTube Video
VI Protocol
resource no longer available
VIRTUALIZATION
Complete Technical Acronyms, Glossary, Definitions & Terminology
VIRTUALIZATION Terms - Global Knowledge
Consider your virtualization storage options
7 Benefits of Storage Virtualization - white paper
x86 virtualization
Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements - wikipedia
AMD-V:
AMD-V - AMD virtualization -
Citrix Xen Virtualization:
Click here for Citrix information
HYPER-V (Microsoft's):
MICROSOFT HAS TOOLS TO CONVERT VMware to Hyper-V
Hyper-V provides software infrastructure and basic management tools in Windows Server 2008
What is Hyper-V?
Hyper-V - Microsoft
Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Sun Fire X64 Servers
What’s New in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Microsoft (white paper)
Microsoft Hyper-V - Microsoft - white paper
Free Hyper-V Backup 2012 opens new browser window - MicrosoftAltaro - Free for 2 VMs, forever
Hyper-V BOOKS - then search for: hyper-v
HYPER-V2 (Microsoft's):
Hyper-V2 has been released
Microsoft throws Hyper-V R2 into the ring
Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community for Hyper-V
Hyper-V BOOKS - then search for: hyper-v
INTEL-VT:
IVT - Intel VT - wikipedia
VMware:
Click here for VMware information
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
Altiris Software Virtualization
Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0: Full Review - Review ...
Symantec to Acquire Altiris - Jan. 29, 2007
BOCHS - Open Source Virtualization
BOCHS - sourceforge.net
Microsoft Virtual Server
Microsoft Virtual Server
Parallels Workstation
Parallels, Inc.
QEMU - Open Source
QEMU - Open Source
Serenity Virtual Station (SVISTA)
Serenity Virtual Station (SVISTA)
User-Mode Linux and VServer - Open Source
user-mode-linux
Virtual Iron (VFe)
Virtual Iron (VFe)
VMware - Virtualization Software
VCP = VMware Certified Professional.
MICROSOFT HAS TOOLS TO CONVERT VMware to Hyper-V
VMware dot com
VMware vSphere
Building a Home Lab for VMware sphere 5.1 - Whitepaper
vSphere Hypervisor - free download
vSphere Books
vm-help.com - home of the Unofficial VMware ESX Server Whitebox HCL
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
ExtremeVM
MiniMe Project
Virtualization information
Virtual Strategy Magazine
VMbook.information
VMware Documentation and Help:
VMware Documentation - VMware
VMware Knowledge Base - VMware
Configuring iSCSI in a VMware ESX Server 3 Environment - PDF
iSCSI Design Considerations and Deployment Guide - VMware Infrastructure 3 - PDF
ESX 3.5 - SCSI Reservation Conflict on multiple storage(iSCSI) environment
VMware Discussion Forums - VMware
Vmware how to - OSx86
Honeypotting with VMware
What does VMWare Tools do? - Reformed Musings
How To Set Up VMware Tools On Various Linux Distributions ...
Open Virtual Machine Tools
VMware/Tools - Community Ubuntu Documentation
Installing VMware Tools - VMware
Installing VMware Tools in CentOS 5
VMTN Blog: Operating System Specific Packages for VMware Tool - VMware
VMware Communities: ATA over ethernet (AoE)
iSCSI Design Considerations and Deployment Guide - VMware Infrastructure 3
How do I...Install VMware Server 1.04 on an Ubuntu Linux system?
DOWNLOAD VMware:
Download VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3, ESX Server
Download FREE (Host) VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 3
Download VMware Server 2.0
Download & Register VMware Server - vmware
Download FREE VMware Server 2.0.x
Download VMware vCenter Stage Manager
Download VMware SDKs & APIs
VMware NEWS:
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
How-to: VMware player modification - Hack a Day
VMware for beginners - Lifehacker
VMware 'miles ahead' of Microsoft Virtual Server, expert says
Oracle-on-Linux VMware Cookbooks (Linux RHEL 3)
We have created a Mono VMware image that people can use with SuSE Linux - Novell
VMware fires broadside at Microsoft - 2/27/2007
VMware user hits scalability wall - 3/27/2007 - Computer World
HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server - Ubuntu Forums
VMWare: Virtual Machine Security Flaw 'Very Serious' - OLD NEWS - December 22, 2005
VMware ESX 3 performance - SAN / SATA / NAS:
Storage / SAN Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.x
An Analysis of Disk Performance in VMware ESX Server Virtual Machines - PDF
VMTN Performance Center
Bastiaansen, Rob @@
Rob's Guide to Using VMware (ACE, GSX & ESX Server). 2nd Edition
Books4brains $40 978-9080893436 Amazon
Clark, Tom @@
Storage Virtualization: Technologies for Simplifying Data Storage and Management
AW $40 978-0321262516
Dennis, Zimmer @@
VMware Server and VMware Player
BoD $ 50 978-3952294215 Amazon
Finn, Aiden et al
Windows server 2012 Hyper-V Installation & Configuration Guide
Sybex $ 60 978-1-118-48649-8 Pg 27 converting to Hyper-V from VMware
Designed for use in the Cloud - MANY improvements over R2
Hales, John et al
Administrating vSphere 5 (VMware's vSphere)
Coarse Technology $65 978-1-4354-5654-9
Hammersley, Eric @@
Professional VMware (Programmer to Programmer)
WROX $ 40 978-0470079881 Amazon
James, Bareth R. not yet sure how I feel about this book
Citrix Xen Desktop Implementation
Syngress $ 50 978-1-59749-582-0
Lowe, Scott
Mastering VMware vSphere 5
Sybex $ 60 978-0-470-89080-6
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
Mishchenko, Dave
VMware ESXi, Planning, Implementation and Security
Course technology $ 50 978-1-4354-5495-8
Morimoto, Rand & Jeff Guillet
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed
SAMS $40 0-672-33028-8
Oglesby, Ron & Scott Herold @@
VMware ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide
Brian Maddend Company $50 978-0971151062 Amazo n
Pontiatowski, Marty
hp-ux virtual partitions
PH/PTR $ 50 0-13-035212-8
VMware Education Services
VMware ESX Server System Management
[ESX Server 1.5.2}
VMware Education Services education@vmware.com
VMware Education Services
Lab Book VMware ESX Server System Management
[ESX Server 1.5.2}
VMware Education Services education@vmware.com
Ward, Brian
VMware: the complete Guide to VMWARE WORKSTATION
No Starch Press $ 40 1-886411-72-7 Ama zon
Warren, Steven S. @@
The VMware Workstation 5 Handbook
Charles River Media $45 978-1584503934 Amazon
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.
SAN / NAS / STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION
SAN and NAS virtualization - InfoWorld
Moving from SAN to NAS virtualization - infostor
InfoStor In-Depth Storage Virtualization
VTL Testing and General Information
For the initial VTL test, the IT team chose the company's disaster recovery - NetApp
How we tested VTLs - Network World
ESG Lab Validation Report: SEPATON S2100-ES2 Virtual Tape Library
Efficient Backup in the Data Center: The Role of VTL and Data De-duplication
Analysis Leads Roche Diagnostics to Select FalconStor
Anybody use compression with VTL's? - Symantec NetBackup Forum
Backup Central Forums :: View topic - Cloning from VTL to Tape
Disk-Based Backup Does Not Equate to VTL; Insights from Day 1 at Storage Decisions in Chicago
The future of NAS backup
VTL Becomes an Academic Issue - Information Lifecycle Management
Different De-Dupe From NetApp for its VTLs
WBEM - Web-Based Enterprise Management
WBEM - Web-Based Enterprise Management. A platform-independent standard for management and
information-sharing activites in a networked environment. In Windows 2000, accessed
via Active Directory and through WMI. Created by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF).
Often uses CIM - Common Information Model (DMTF).
Web-Based Enterprise Management - Wikipedia
DMTF - Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
DMTF - about WBEM
WBEM Services
HP WBEM Solutions
Solaris WBEM Services
Java Specification Request 48 - WBEM Services Specification
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: CIM See also: CIMSAN
See also: SMI
BOOK: A Practical Approach to WBEM/CIM Management by Chris Hobbs
WHITE PAPERS - Storage
How is Fragmentation Affecting Storage? - White Paper - Diskeeper
Win4Lin
NO longer exists ?
Xen hypervisor - open source virtualization
XEN VULNERABILITIES
Xen is a hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems
to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently. - Wikipedia
Xen - Wikipedia
xen.org - Open Source
Citrix XenServer - Efficient Server Virtualization Software
xen-tools.org - Xen Software
Install and Setup XEN Virtualization Software on CentOS - nixCraft
Xen | Free System Administration software downloads - Sourceforge
OpenXenManager - Free System Administration software downloads - sourcegorge
HyperVM - OpenVZ, Xen, Windows Virtualization Manager - LxCenter
Computer Laboratory - Xen virtual machine monitor
FrontPage - Xen Wiki
Xen at OpenSolaris.org
SourceForge.net: Xen
The Xen virtual machine monitor was recently merged into the upcoming 2.6.23 Linux kernel
HowTos - Xen Wiki
Howto Install Windows XP / Vista on Xen
Xen Howto: Install Windows
XEN howto - linux-noob.com/forums
The Perfect Xen Setup For Debian And Ubuntu - HowtoForge - Linux...
XEN Cluster HowTo
PlanetJoel.com : HOWTO: Windows XP running under Xen 3.0 on Ubuntu
Xen with DRBD, GNBD and OCFS2 HOWTO
How to: Install and Setup XEN Virtualization software on CentOS
Slicehost Forum - HOWTO: Install Centos 5 to a slice
Scheduling - Xen Wiki
Xen
XenSource: Delivering the Power of Xen
Computer Laboratory - Xen virtual machine monitor
Computer Laboratory - Downloads
XEN - BOOKS - then search for: XEN
XFP
XFP - 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable.
Fiber-optic transceiver module that features a Serial10G electrical interface called XFI.
In other words, "a 10Gbps FSP".
Note that while speed arbitration is part of the 10G standard, XFPs will NOT
negotiate to a speed slower than 10 Gbps.
XFP transceiver - Wikipedia
XIV (IBM's) - (2810-A14 ?)
IBM XIV Storage System
IBM Redbooks - IBM XIV Storage System: Concepts, Architecture
OTHER RESOURCES - Caveat Emptor
Storage area network - wikipedia
NAS-SAN.com is a clearing house for storage information
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