Storage Management Services

"A concise guide to an exciting new technology that is bringing SANs into mainstream IP networking."" --Jayshree Ullal, Group Vice President/General Manager, Cisco Systems "IP SANs provides a comprehensive overview of the next-generation storage area networks, with concrete examples of how customers can deploy cost-effective and highly scalable IP storage solutions.""--Ahmad Zamer, Product Line Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation "An essential reference for understanding the benefits that IP networking provides for SANs, including quality of service, security, and wide-area connectivity for storage." " --John L. Hufferd, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM IP storage and networking have traditionally resided in two distinct worlds. Networking professionals from an Internet Protocol (IP) internetworking background are usually not familiar with storage issues, and storage administrators may be unfamiliar with IP internetworking. With IP storage networking, network professionals dealing with storage area networks (SANs) now have an integrated option for improved data storage. "IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks explains these new IP technologies that enable SANs to keep up with today's networking needs, detailing the various storage solutions that are created when both disciplines are combined. As more corporations take part in e-commerce and global data sharing, the need for more efficient data storage is increasing. SANs address this need for a more powerful means of storing and retrieving mass amounts of data. Until recently, SANs were based on the Fibre Channel technology, which, for years, has provided the industry withflexible, high-performance block data access for storage applications. However, network professionals are now looking for ways to implement SANs using the more familiar TCP/IP and Ethernet technologies.

Networked multimedia communications: theory, principles, practical techniques, and examples.Networked multimedia: theory, principles, techniques, standards, and examplesAudio-visual integration, multimedia processing, organization, storage, and retrievalEmerging MPEG standards, including MPEG-4, MPEG-7, and MPEG-21New solutions for network/traffic management, service deployment, and QoSContains over 200 illustrations and over 400 references As networks converge and bandwidth availability increases, networked multimedia communications systems are becoming increasingly powerful and ubiquitous. "Multimedia Communication Systems" is a comprehensive guide to the theory, principles, and practical techniques associated with implementing these systems. Three of the field's leading researchers review today's key developments in multimedia communications, ranging from the latest multimedia architectures to the implications of Internet2 for advanced multimedia delivery. They cover every aspect of multimedia communications system development, emphasizing emerging standards, advanced processing techniques, and network/traffic management. Networked multimedia systems: models and elementsAudio-visual integration: media integration, lip synchronization, audio-to-visual mapping, and joint audio-video codingMultimedia processing, in depth: perceptual coding; transform and audio subband coders; CD audio coding; image and video coding; and watermarkingPractical techniques for organization, storage, and retrieval --including advanced neural network processing systemsAll current and emerging MPEG standards, including MPEG-4, MPEG-7, and MPEG-21New approaches to service deployment and ensuringconsistent Quality of Service (QoS) With over 200 figures, more than 400 references, and an exceptionally wide range of practical examples, this book is a unique resource for every professional working with advanced multimedia technologies.