The Business Case for Storage Networks (Network Business)

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Summary: Presents the Business Case, Not the Technical.
Review: Computer Architecture, Computer Architecture - General, Although Cisco is well noted for the technical depth of most of their books, this is not really a technical book. Instead it is aimed at the buisness manager who is thinking of installing a Storage Area Networks (SAN). It covers how to calculate such things as the total cost of ownership, the effect on your current infrastructure and how the present IT staff will cope with the new equipment, the new technology.

The book is not completely untechnical. It includes a complete overview of the concepts which include the interconnection systems, the topology, backup and replication, etc. But these subjects are covered at the business manager level, not the level of the technicians responsible for the actual installation of the system.

All in all, the clearest business oriented book on the subject I've seen.