Storage Area Networks For Dummies®

Introduction. Part I: SAN 101. Chapter 1: The Storage Area Network. Chapter 2: SAN Building Blocks. Chapter 3: What Makes a SAN Go. Chapter 4: What Makes a SAN Stop. Part II: Designing and Building a SAN. Chapter 5: Designing the SAN. Chapter 6: SANs and Disaster Recovery. Chapter 7: Putting It All Together. Part III: Using Advanced SAN Features. Chapter 8: Networking SANs. Chapter 9: SAN Based Backup. Chapter 10: Mirror, Mirror: Point in Time Copies. Part IV: SAN Management and Troubleshooting. Chapter 11: Approaches to SAN Management. Chapter 12: Troubleshooting SANs. Part V: Understanding the Cool Stuff. Chapter 13: Using Data De Duplication to Lighten the Load. Chapter 14: Continuous Data Protection. Chapter 15: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Virtualization. Part VI: The Par t of Tens. Chapter 16: Ten Reasons to Use a SAN. Chapter 17: Ten Reasons NOT to Use a SAN. Index.