1.2. Text Overview

The following work has been written for a fairly diverse audience and thus has several goals. Readers from networking fields who are interested in storage networking will hopefully find useful material for understanding the unique attributes of storage, particularly for TCP/IP and Gigabit Ethernet storage network configurations. Readers from system administration and storage-related fields may be unfamiliar with networking concepts, and through the text may gain a clearer understanding of the implications of combining storage and networking technologies. Managers and consultants will hopefully benefit from the discussion of real-world implementations that leverage the benefits of both Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet solutions. ...

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