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Title: Storage Area Network Fundamentals by Meeta Gupta, NIIT, Raman Nagpal, C Anita Sastry ISBN: 158705065X Publisher: Cisco Press Pub. Date: 18 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Rating: 2
Summary: Needs more meat, Meeta
Comment: This is a good looking, well designed book. Perhaps this is due to it being a Cisco Press product that follows their standard format. But I was surprised at the lack of content.
It reads as if it was written by a professional author, not someone who knows Storage Area Networks from hands-on knowledge. The technical editorial staff should pick up the slack, but it appears they dropped the ball with this book.
Some parts just don't make sense, and the book doesn't explain why, for example, all "loops" depicted are in a "star" configuration. The reader is left guessing: is the drawing in error? Can I trust any other drawings in the book? Does Ms. Gupta think that "loop" in a fibre-channel context means something different than loop means in English? Is there something about the hub that makes the physical star configuration into a virtual loop?
Here is a typical paragraph that should have been meatier:
"Fiber-optic cabling is definitely more expensive than copper-based cabling systems. However, because all the advantages they offer, the implementation of fiber-optic cables amply justifies the slightly higher cost of implementation."
Yet later in the same chapter: "Fiber-optic cables are extremely expensive in comparison to copper cables and require special skills to handle."
Are the cables "slightly higher cost" or "extremely expensive"? There is no meat to back up either assertion. This is not an isolated example.
I get the feeling that the author was getting paid by the word and used a lot of adjectives and adverbs (plus a bushel of "therefore"s) just to stretch the subject. This hurts the credibility of the author, in my eyes.
The book is reasonably readable, in part because of all the fluffy language, but also because the author is organized and articulate. But it is more like digesting fast food than a fulfilling meal. Needs more meat, Meeta.
Rating: 5
Summary: WoW!!
Comment: I am highly impressed by the book. Very easy to read and understand. Explains the concepts really well. Its evident that the author understands what he(she?) wrote.
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Title: Building Storage Networks by Marc Farley, Mark Farley ISBN: 0072130725 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 22 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: IP SANS: An Introduction to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks by Thomas Clark, Tom Clark ISBN: 0201752778 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: The Essential Guide to Storage Area Networks by John R. Vacca ISBN: 0130935751 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 12 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Storage Area Networking Essentials: A Complete Guide to Understanding & Implementing SANs by Richard Barker, Paul Massiglia ISBN: 0471034452 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Using SANs and NAS by W. Curtis Preston ISBN: 0596001533 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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