"This book covers a wide spectrum of topics relevant to implementing and managing a modern data center. The chapters are comprehensive and the flow of concepts is easy to understand."
-Cisco reviewer
Gain a practical knowledge of data center concepts
To create a well-designed data center (including storage and network architecture, VoIP implementation, and server consolidation) you must understand a variety of key concepts and technologies. This book explains those factors in a way that smoothes the path to implementation and management. Whether you need an introduction to the technologies, a refresher course for IT managers and data center personnel, or an additional resource for advanced study, you'll find these guidelines and solutions provide a solid foundation for building reliable designs and secure data center policies.
* Understand the common causes and high costs of service outages
* Learn how to measure high availability and achieve maximum levels
* Design a data center using optimum physical, environmental, and technological elements
* Explore a modular design for cabling, Points of Distribution, and WAN connections from ISPs
* See what must be considered when consolidating data center resources
* Expand your knowledge of best practices and security
* Create a data center environment that is user- and manager-friendly
* Learn how high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions can be deployed to protect critical information
* Find out how to use a single network infrastructure for IP data, voice, and storage
Table of Contents:
About the Author v
Preface xxiii
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction xxvii
Part One Data Center Basics 1
Chapter 1 No Time for Downtime 3
Chapter 2 The High-Availability Continuum 17
Part Two Data Center Architecture 25
Chapter 3 Data Center Requirements 27
Chapter 4 Data Center Design 37
Chapter 5 Network Infrastructure in a Data Center 51
Chapter 6 Data Center Maintenance 61
Chapter 7 Power Distribution in a Data Center 71
Chapter 8 Data Center HVAC 79
Part Three Data Center Consolidation 93
Chapter 9 Reasons for Data Center Consolidation 95
Chapter 10 Data Center Consolidation Phases 107
Part Four Data Center Servers 127
Chapter 11 Server Performance Metrics 129
Chapter 12 Server Capacity Planning 143
Chapter 13 Best Practices in IT 157
Chapter 14 Server Security 175
Chapter 15 Server Administration 187
Chapter 16 Device Naming 203
Chapter 17 Load Balancing 217
Chapter 18 Fault Tolerance 233
Chapter 19 RAID 241
Part Five Data Storage Technologies 253
Chapter 20 Data Storage Solutions 255
Chapter 21 Storage Area Networks 273
Chapter 22 Configuring a SAN 299
Chapter 23 Using SANs for High Availability 309
Chapter 24 IP-Based Storage Communications 319
Part Six Data Center Clusters 331
Chapter 25 Cluster Architecture 333
Chapter 26 Cluster Requirements 345
Chapter 27 Designing Cluster-Friendly Applications 361
Part Seven Network Design, Implementation, and Security 369
Chapter 28 Network Devices 371
Chapter 29 Network Protocols 389
Chapter 30 IP Addressing 397
Chapter 31 Network Technologies 413
Chapter 32 Network Topologies 435
Chapter 33 Network Design 447
Chapter 34 Designing Fault-Tolerant Networks 471
Chapter 35 Internet Access Technologies and VPNs 481
Chapter 36 Firewalls 495
Chapter 37 Network Security 505
Part Eight Disaster Recovery 519
Chapter 38 Disaster Recovery 521
Chapter 39 DR Architectures 537
Part Nine Future Considerations 543
Chapter 40 Voice over IP and Converged Infrastructure 545
Chapter 41 What’s Next 571
Part Ten Appendix 581
Appendix A Storage and Networking Solutions 583
Glossary 587
Index 601
About the Author :
KAILASH JAYASWAL has more than 18 years of experience as a systems and storage administrator in various companies such as IBM, Cisco Systems, Inc., Roche Bioscience, Siebel, KLA Tencor, and Caterpillar, Inc. He is currently a project manager at Cisco Systems, Inc. He has been involved in large data center consolidations, in capacity planning, in architecting and implementing server and storage installations, and in deploying disaster recovery solutions.
KAILASH JAYASWAL has more than 18 years of experience as a systems and storage administrator in various companies such as IBM, Cisco Systems, Inc., Roche Bioscience, Siebel, KLA Tencor, and Caterpillar, Inc. He is currently a project manager at Cisco Systems, Inc. He has been involved in large data center consolidations, in capacity planning, in architecting and implementing server and storage installations, and in deploying disaster recovery solutions.
