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Storage Management in Data Centers

Understanding, Exploiting, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Veritas Storage Foundation

  • Enables the storage administrator to gain a deep understanding of storage problems and solutions

  • Provides a heavily indexed reference to critical maneuvers

  • Chapters are separated into three sections: easy entry, explanatory reference and technical deep dive

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-14
  2. Encapsulation and Root Mirroring

    • Albrecht Scriba
    Pages 319-348
  3. Troubleshooting

    • Albrecht Scriba
    Pages 349-427
  4. File Systems

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 429-445
  5. Tuning Storage Foundation

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 447-477
  6. Miscellaneous

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 479-485
  7. Storage Foundation Software stack

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 487-499
  8. Disk and Storage System Basics

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 1-37
  9. Exploring VxVM

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 39-54
  10. Incorporating Disks into VxVM.

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 55-69
  11. Disk Groups

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 71-98
  12. Volumes

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 99-151
  13. Layered Volumes

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 153-171
  14. Logs

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 173-189
  15. Dual Data Centers

    • Volker Herminghaus
    Pages 191-231
  16. Point In Time Copies (Snapshots)

    • Albrecht Scriba
    Pages 233-317
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 501-524

About this book

Storage Management in Data Centers helps administrators tackle the complexity of data center mass storage. It shows how to exploit the potential of Veritas Storage Foundation by conveying information about the design concepts of the software as well as its architectural background. Rather than merely showing how to use Storage Foundation, it explains why to use it in a particular way, along with what goes on inside. Chapters are split into three sections: An introductory part for the novice user, a full-featured part for the experienced, and a technical deep dive for the seasoned expert. An extensive troubleshooting section shows how to fix problems with volumes, plexes, disks and disk groups. A snapshot chapter gives detailed instructions on how to use the most advanced point-in-time copies. A tuning chapter will help you speed up and benchmark your volumes. And a special chapter on split data centers discusses latency issues as well as remote mirroring mechanisms and cross-site volume maintenance. All topics are covered with the technical know how gathered from an aggregate thirty years of experience in consulting and training in data centers all over the world.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Readers who want to understand what storage management is about, as well as the range of capabilities that administrators should expect from storage software and hardware, will find this book useful. … The book gives the reader a good understanding of the VxVM concepts, capabilities, and command utilities. … be of interest to those who want to learn more about the internals of storage management software." (W. Hu, ACM Computing Reviews, June, 2009)

About the authors

Volker Herminghaus: 
Degree in computer science.
UNIX administration since 1987, consultant since 1989.
Trainer for all core Veritas products since 2000.
Author of the book "Veritas Storage Foundation" (Springer 2006) 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Storage Management in Data Centers

  • Book Subtitle: Understanding, Exploiting, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Veritas Storage Foundation

  • Authors: Albrecht Scriba, Volker Herminghaus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85023-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-85022-9Published: 27 March 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09867-3Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-85023-6Published: 21 April 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 524

  • Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Operating Systems, Information Systems and Communication Service, Information Storage and Retrieval

Buy it now

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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