Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part One: Data Center Basics.

Chapter 1: No Time for Downtime.

Chapter 2: The High-Availability Continuum.

Part Two: Data Center Architecture.

Chapter 3: Data Center Requirements.

Chapter 4: Data Center Design.

Chapter 5: Network Infrastructure in a Data Center.

Chapter 6: Data Center Maintenance.

Chapter 7: Power Distribution in a Data Center.

Chapter 8: Data Center HVAC.

Part Three: Data Center Consolidation.

Chapter 9: Reasons for Data Center Consolidation.

Chapter 10: Data Center Consolidation Phases.

Part Four: Data Center Servers.

Chapter 11: Server Performance Metrics.

Chapter 12: Server Capacity Planning.

Chapter 13: Best Practices in IT.

Chapter 14: Server Security.

Chapter 15: Server Administration.

Chapter 16: Device Naming.

Chapter 17: Load Balancing.

Chapter 18: Fault Tolerance.

Chapter 19: RAID.

Part Five: Data Storage Technologies.

Chapter 20: Data Storage Solutions.

Chapter 21: Storage Area Networks.

Chapter 22: Configuring a SAN.

Chapter 23: Using SANs for High Availability.

Chapter 24: IP-Based Storage Communications.

Part Six: Data Center Clusters.

Chapter 25: Cluster Architecture.

Chapter 26: Cluster Requirements.

Chapter 27: Designing Cluster-Friendly Applications.

Part Seven: Network Design, Implementation, and Security.

Chapter 28: Network Devices.

Chapter 29: Network Protocols.

Chapter 30: IP Addressing.

Chapter 31: Network Technologies.

Chapter 32: Network Topologies.

Chapter 33: Network Design.

Chapter 34: Designing Fault-Tolerant Networks.

Chapter 35: Internet Access Technologies and VPNs.

Chapter 36: Firewalls.

Chapter 37: Network Security.

Part Eight: Disaster Recovery.

Chapter 38: Disaster Recovery.

Chapter 39: DR Architectures.

Part Nine: Future Considerations.

Chapter 40: Voice over IP and Converged Infrastructure.

Chapter 41: What’s Next.

Part Ten: Appendix.

Appendix A: Storage and Networking Solutions.

Glossary.

Index.