Storage Networks: The Complete Reference

16-bit addresses, 98

32-bit addresses, 98

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Access Control Lists (ACLs), 423, 426

adapters

controllers for, 8384

host, 70, 8182, 99

Host Bus Adapters. See HBAs

Host Channel Adapters, 344

NIC, 135

SCSI, 103105

Target Channel Adapters, 344

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), 440

address space, 98

addresses

16-bit, 98

32-bit, 98

I/O devices, 145

IP, 189191

LUN, 104105

MAC, 178179, 440

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

external, 239

fabric, 207208

SANs, 239

Apple servers, 122123

appliance-level NAS networks, 181184, 319320, 326

Application Programming Interfaces. See APIs

applications

access to. See data access

business. See business applications

capacity planning, 277278

data mart, 471

data warehouse. See data warehouse applications

data-centric, 12, 5051

deposit application, 281284

design of, 416, 2526

development cycle, 2528, 490

enterprise-level , 2325, 277

fabric, 207208

HSM-supported, 76

information about, 379

maintenance, 2425, 3132

management, 246249

middleware, 304

performance, 716, 71

personal, 23

RAM vs. online storage, 78

response time, 368

SAN management, 246249

storage planning, 277278

support, 2425, 3132

types of, 2425

usage of, 361

workload attributes, 281284

arbitrated loop topology, 106108

archival storage, 70, 7273, 369, 490

archive tools, 24

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), 440

ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), 36

arrays

device drivers and, 241

disk, 8586, 210, 241

fault tolerance and, 228

JBOD, 8687, 227229, 496

RAID, 8790, 228229

storage, 209, 241

auditing, 425

authentication

Common Transport, 430

described, 424

key-based, 430431, 443

node-to-node, 428

passwords, 432, 444445

share level, 444

two-factor , 431432

user level, 432, 444

usernames, 432

authorization, 425

auto-loader libraries, 93

availability, 365382

business application data, 3132

capacity planning and, 404407

change management and, 396

data centers and, 368

data recoverability matrix, 369

described, 425

disaster recovery and, 369

fault tolerant systems, 372, 374376

highly available systems, 371373, 375

metrics for, 367371

monitoring, 378379

on-demand, 371375

overview, 366

RAID storage configurations, 376377

response time and, 368

restoration of services, 369

scheduled downtime, 368369

security and, 425

service levels, 367371

uptime, 368369