The essential guide to computer data storage

Whether you're an IT professional, enterprise manager, small business owner, or home PC user, you've got more data than ever—and choosing reliable, cost-effective storage has never been more important. Now, a leading data storage expert explains all your options, and shows you exactly how to make the most of them. Dr. Andrei Khurshudov reviews the capabilities, advantages, and underlying technologies associated with every current storage alternative, offering expert tips for buying, interfacing, scalability, recovery, and much more.
Data storage interfaces: UDMA, USB, IEEE 1394 "FireWire," SCSI, FC-AL, and Serial Storage Architecture In-depth coverage of magnetic media: hard disks, tapes, and removables Up-to-date comparisons of removable storage: Superdisk, HiFD, Zip, Jaz, Orb, external hard disk drives, and more.
Tape alternatives: DAT, Travan, Mammoth, AIT, DLT, LTO, and beyond
Optical storage: CD-RW, CD-R, and today's competing DVD formats
Other storage solutions: Magneto-optical, Flash memory, and solid-state disk drives
Enterprise storage strategies: storage area networks (SAN), network attached storage (NAS), RAID, and more
Storage for digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players, Personal Video Recorders, and other next-generation devices
Storage on the Web: alternatives, limitations, and case studies
Preventing data loss-and what to do if the disaster has already happened
If you're planning for business growth and disaster recovery, or simply want the best storage "bang for the buck," The Essential Guide to Computer Data Storage delivers objective guidance—and realistic solutions.

Contents

• Preface
• Acknoledgments
• Introduction
• Computer Interfaces
• Magnetic Recording Storage Systems
• Optical Storage
• Magneto-Optical Storage Systems
• Nonvolatile Solid-State Memory
• New Applications of Storage Devices
• Storage on the Web
• SAN,NAS,and RAID Fundamentals
• Data Loss and Recovery
• How to choose or upgrade your DVD,HDD,or CD-ROM
• Glossary
• References
• Index