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iSCSI
The
Universal Storage Connection
by
John L. Hufferd
Addison-Wesley,
2003
ISBN: 0-201-78419-X
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John
Hufferd is a known expert on the iSCSI prococol, having been
an actively contributor to it. The book covers several introduction
sections on An Overview of iSCSI and The Value and
Position of iSCSI. The bulk of the book covers the technical
specification split into logical sections, including Session
Management, Command and Data Ordering and Flow, and
Error Handling. Seven appendices follow the main text,
include a complete listing of key words and values. This book
is aimed at technical professionals, but the first few chapters
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IP
SANs
A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols
for Storage Area Networks
by Tom Clark
Pearson Education, 2002
ISBN: 0-201-75277-8 |
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Tom Clark has written an excellent text that provides an overall
perspective on the latest IP-based SAN protocols. The book
starts out with basic coverage of SCSI and the TCP/IP protocols.
This is followed by a section on each of the IP storage protocols:
FCIP, iFCP, and iSCSI. Clark also addresses the issues of
network discovery and SAN security.
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Using
SANs and NAS
by W. Curtis
Preston
O'Reilly, 2002
ISBN: 0-596-00153-3 |
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Preston
is best known for his book on backup and recovery, also published
by O'Reilly. He has applied his considerable wealth of practical
knowledge to this book which is designed for system administrators
and network architects. He ably explains both SANs and NAS
in terms of what they really do, and how they really work,
as opposed to the abundant marketing hype. Preston covers
not only how to architect a storage system, but how to manage
it and (of course) back it up. Highly recommended for anyone
who will have "hand-on" with either SANs or NAS.
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IP
Storage Networking
IBM NAS & iSCSI Solutions
Rowell Hernandez
Chai Cher Kion
Geoff Cole
IBM Redbooks, June 2001
ISBN: 0-7384-2158-8 |
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This
book is a great introduction to IP storage. The first couple chapters
give the motivations for SANs and NAS and then proceed into the
technical details of TCP/IP. The middle chapters are focused on
IBM's product offerings, but they are not heavy-handed. This book
has the added feature that it is available in print, or as a free
PDF version downloadable from IBM (www.ibm.com/redbooks
, follow link to "Redbooks Online").
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Building
Storage Networks
2nd Edition
by Marc Farley
Osborne/McGraw-Hill, May, 2001
ISBN: 0-07-213072-5 |
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This
is considered to be the Bible of storage networking. It is not the
kind of book you read straight through, but works as a reference text
whenever you have a question about any aspect of storage networking.
Farley has an easy writing style that clearly explains how things
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