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<BIG><BIG><STRONG><FONT COLOR="maroon">Book Review: Unix Storage Management</FONT></STRONG></BIG></BIG>
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<STRONG>By <A HREF="../authors/puryear.html">Dustin Puryear</A></STRONG>
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Title: Unix Storage Management<BR>
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Authors: Ray A. Kampa, Lydia V. Bell<BR>
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Publisher: Apress<BR>
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Year: 2003
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<P> There are some rather complex--and dare I say it--arcane
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issues involved in managing storage in a Unix environment.
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Indeed, Unix storage management can be a complicated affair. This is
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especially true when you consider the many needs business places on storage
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systems such as fault tolerance, redundancy, speed, and capacity.
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Apress has published a book that they promote
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as being written specifically about this topic, which weighs
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in at a comfortable 302 pages of actual material.
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<P> In general, I find <I>Unix Storage Management</I> to be a good
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primer on storage management. However, I am a little
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disappointed in the lack of focus on actually administering
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storage. When requesting the book I assumed that I would
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learn how to pull up my sleeves and tune and tweak file
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system performance, optimize access to network-based
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storage, and in general get a real feel for managing storage
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in a Unix environment. But alas, that isn't the case. <I>Unix
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Storage Management</I> deals mostly with the higher-level
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details of understanding how storage works, determining what
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kind you need, and then working to integrate that storage
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into your network.
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<P> This isn't to say that the book doesn't do a good job of
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introducing the reader to the major components of modern
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Unix storage systems. Indeed, technologies covered include
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RAID, SANS, NAS, and backups, to name just a few. Kampa and
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Bell actually do a good job of introducing this material,
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but they do not treat the subject matter in great depth.
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Essentially, after reading the text, readers will have enough
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knowledge to do more research and know what they are looking
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for, but they doubtless would not be in a position to
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actually implement a solution in a demanding environment.
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<P> The target audience for this book, whether intentional or
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not, are IT managers and those that want a broad overview of
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how storage systems work. Administrators that are in the
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trenches would also enjoy skimming this book if for no other
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reason than to remind themselves of the technologies
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available for them. Also, most administrators will look
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favorably on the chapter "Performance Analysis", which does
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a rather good job of detailing the process of collecting and
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analyzing performance information on storage systems. All in
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all, this is not a bad book as long as you aren't expecting
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to walk away with guru-like powers over Unix storage
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systems.
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Dustin Puryear, a respected authority on Windows
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and UNIX systems, is founder and Principle Consultant of Puryear
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Information Technology. In addition to consulting in the information
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technology industry, Dustin is a conference speaker; has written
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articles about numerous technology issues; and authored "Integrate
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Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network," which focuses on
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integrating Linux-based solutions in Windows environments.
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Copyright © 2003, Dustin Puryear.
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Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 88 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, March 2003
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