SAN Primer for SMB Author:Karl Palachuk, Harry Brelsford, Ryan Klein Make the SAN introduction into the SMB space SUCCESSFUL as both customer and consultant with this capable primer written by a long-time and highly successful SMB consultant! Effective data management and reliable delivery of that data is a crucial for success in today's customer-driven and highly competitive small and medium business (SMB) en... more »vironment. As small to medium business continue to rapidly grow so does their data and storage management requirements. As a result, this is quickly becoming the largest area of attention in the SMB data center. For many, database growth, e-mail archiving and the introduction of rich media is placing a strain legacy servers that make use of captive direct attach storage. A more easy to use, scalable and reliable method of data storage is needed to stay ahead of the growth curve. This requirement for storage management almost always comes without the ability to deploy specialized storage administrators and is often looked after by IT generalists that have broad responsibility in the SMB. Until recently the ability to effectively manage large amounts of data was realistically only available to larger enterprises due to cost and complexity. With new product lines from companies like QLogic, SMB users can now deploy cost effective, and easy to install SAN?s just like enterprise counterparts. Implementing a SAN that uses a common SAN hardware and management software will enable you to provide consistent and reliable access to your users data and provide your company the ability to quickly respond to your customers storage requirements. This book features bona fide SMB SAN implementation using Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) and other networking infrastructure solutions. Read the SAN Primer for SMB or be storage poor!« less