Storage Network Performance Analysis (Paperback)

* Features vendor-neutral coverage applicable to any storage network
* Includes a special case-study section citing real-world applications and examples
* The first vendor-neutral volume to cover storage network performance tuning and optimization
* Exacting performance monitoring and analysis maximizes the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of existing storage networks
* Meets the needs of network administrators, storage engineers, and IT professionals faced with shrinking budgets and growing data storage demands

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Performance Analysis Techniques.

  Chapter 1: Introduction to Storage Networking Performance.

  Chapter 2: Data Analysis Review.

  Chapter 3: Analytic Modeling.

  Chapter 4: Simulation Modeling.

  Chapter 5: Experimental Analysis.

Part II: Performance Analysis and Modeling of Storage System Components.

  Chapter 6: Modeling Storage Devices.

  Chapter 7: Modeling Storage Interconnects.

  Chapter 8: Modeling Storage Networks.

  Chapter 9: Modeling Storage Workloads.

Part III: Storage Performance Engineering.

  Chapter 10: Storage Quality of Service.

  Chapter 11: Storage Capacity Planning.

Part IV: Storage Performance Tools.

  Chapter 12: Storage Benchmarks.

  Chapter 13: Performance Management and Monitoring Tools.

Part V: Storage Performance Tuning.

  Chapter 14: Host System Tuning.

  Chapter 15: Application Tuning.

  Chapter 16: Storage Subsystem Tuning.

  Chapter 17: Storage Network Tuning.

Part VI: Case Studies.

  Chapter 18: Simulating Network Attached Storag e Performance.

  Chapter 19: Modeling Remote Storage Replication Performance.

  Chapter 20: Web and E-Commerce Data Center Performance Analysis.

  Appendix: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms.

Index.