| 1 Introduction |
1 |
| What is a storage strategy? |
2 |
| Who is responsible for the storage strategy? |
4 |
| Storage is more than just devices |
4 |
| The Ins and Outs of a Storage strategy |
5 |
| Storage is a critical business |
8 |
| Storage doesn’t necessarily mean complexity |
11 |
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| 2 Business Issues |
12 |
| Storage Investment |
12 |
| Importance of Storage |
14 |
| Competitiveness in Business |
16 |
| Visibility of Failure |
17 |
| Storage Demand |
18 |
| Continuous Operation |
19 |
| Complexity |
21 |
| Effective Use of Resources |
22 |
| Investment Value |
23 |
| Consistency in Storage Strategy Implications |
26 |
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| 3 Requirements |
27 |
| Business Requirements |
27 |
| How to Deliver Capacity and Business Continuity |
28 |
| Security of Information |
29 |
| Risk Management |
31 |
| Availability Requirements |
32 |
| Security Requirements |
37 |
| Financial Operation Requirements |
41 |
| Major Change Requirements |
42 |
| Measurement Requirements - Total Cost of Ownership |
42 |
| Measurement Requirements – Return On Investment |
44 |
| Obtaining the Requirements |
46 |
| Regular Business Process |
47 |
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| 4 Storage Strategy Components |
48 |
| Storage Environment – Architecture |
48 |
| Storage Management |
54 |
| Disk Systems |
59 |
| Tape Systems |
66 |
| NAS Systems |
70 |
| Storage Device Special Features |
75 |
| Services |
80 |
| Operational Procedures |
83 |
| Organization |
83 |
| Business Procedures |
84 |
| Standards vs. “Standardize” |
85 |
| Strategic Developments |
88 |
| Future Technologies |
88 |
| Storage Virtualization |
90 |
| SCSI – Internet SCSI |
94 |
| InfiniBand |
99 |
| RDMA – Remote Direct Memory Access |
100 |
| Storage Grid |
102 |
| Global Namespace |
105 |
| De-duplication |
107 |
| Continuous Data Protection |
107 |
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| 5 Strategic Decisions |
111 |
| Sources for Storage Information |
111 |
| Education |
114 |
| Product Information |
115 |
| Procedures |
117 |
| Decision Process |
120 |
| Time |
121 |
| Technology Turns |
122 |
| Tactics |
122 |
| Validation |
126 |
| Critical Choices |
126 |
| Selling the Strategy |
128 |
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| 6 Development of the Strategy |
130 |
| Get the Requirements |
132 |
| Storage Infrastructure |
139 |
| Storage Management |
141 |
| Strategic Initiatives |
144 |
| Storage Practices |
148 |
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| 7 Recommendations |
150 |
| Work with IT Staff |
150 |
| Cross Area Exposure |
153 |
| Business Economics Education |
153 |
| Managing to a Process |
153 |
| Implementation of the Storage Strategy |
156 |
| Evaluate and Measure Effectiveness |
158 |
| Refine the Process |
159 |
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| 8 Summary |
161 |
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| Appendix |
163 |
| Index |
169 |
| About Randy Kerns |
172 |
