Strategy
Holographic storage
Fluorescent Multilayer Storage
Millipede Storage and others

Storage Strategy

Writing a Storage Strategy
How to Write an IT Strategy
Storage Management Goals
  Today
  Tomorrow
  The next day

Operating Systems
Intel Storage
Windows
Windows File Systems
 NTFS
 DFS
 CIFS
 VDS
 VSCS
 RSS
Windows Volume Mgmt.
Defragmentation
Compression
Windows System state

Novell Netware
File Systems
Disks and Volumes
NDS and eDirectory
Clustered Servers
iFolder
Netware Volume Statistics

Operating Systems
Z/OS Storage
z/OS file structures
DFSMS on z/OS
  Data Class
  Management Class
  Storage Class
  Storage Group
z/OS file utilities
z/OS SMF statistics
z/OS RMF reporting
TDMF Volume Migration

Managing VSAM files
VSAM overview
 VSAM structures
 VSAM commands
 Performance tuning
  JCL Buffers
  LSR Buffers
  System Buffers
  VSAM parameters
  File Extents
 IAM, a VSAM alternative
 VSAM Recovery
 VSAM RLS, DFSMStvs

ICF Catalogs
Catalog Management
 ICF Catalog Structure
 Fixing Catalog Problems
 Backup and Recovery
 Catalog Mgmt. Products

z/OS Batch Tuning
Batch Principles
 Reliability
 Parallelism
 Performance

Remote Data Mirroring
Mirroring Topics
PPRC Definitions
PPRC Commands
RCMF & GDPS
 GDPS Overview
 GDPS Geoparm
 GDPS Hyperswap
 GDPS Scripts
 GDPS and Tape
SRDF XRC & Others

Data Lifecycle
FDRABR Backup
FDRABR overview
 ABR principles
 Disk backup
 Application backups
 ABR restores
 Tape Management
 FDR Compaktor
 FDR Report
  FDReport fields
 FDR Encryption

Instant Backup
Backup Issues
 FDRinstant theory
 FDRinstant tips
 Open Systems

TSM Backups
Tivoli Storage Manager
TSM Tips
 Admin
 Backup
 Restore
 Archive
 SQL
 Scripts
DB & Log
TSM performance tuning
TSM reporting
SERVERGRAPH
TSM Tape Management
 Hardware
 Libraries
 Scratching Tapes
 General
New TSM features
TDP for MSSQL DBs
TDP for DB2 DBs
TSM SHOW commands

Mainframe HSM
DFSMSHSM on z/OS
HSM components
Dataset tips
Task tips
HSM Commands
 Dataset Commands
  System Commands
  Admin. Commands

Open Systems HSM
What is HSM?
HSM requirements
HSM Products
Upstream Install
Upstream Config
MSHSM Overview
MSHSM Configuration
MSHSM Hints and Tips

Storage Hardware
Disk Products
Disk Architecture
Large storage disks
3390 disks and channel speeds
RAID levels
z/OS disk management
PAV & MA
ESS Config.

  Flash Memory Storage

 

Snapshot products
 Flashcopy from IBM
 HDS Shadowimage
 Timefinder from EMC
 STK's Snapshot Copy
 DRM from HP

 
Serial ATA disks
Parallel and Serial ATA
 Serial ATA 2
 SATA Implementation
 SCSI

Storage area networks
Storage Area Networks
 Swiches and Fabrics
 Cables and Connectors
 SAN zoning design
 Hints and Tips
 Virtual SANs
  IBM SVC
   SVC Config.
   SVC Zoning
  EMC Invista
  HDS Tagmastore
  HP Storage Grid
 NAS storage


Tape
Tape drive comparisons
Helical Scan
Linear Technology
Tape Drive types
Tape Futures
Tape Error Handling
HSC Changes
Virtual Tape
 Vtape Principles
 Vtape suppliers
 Mirrored Vtape
 Open System Vtape

Databases
Lotus Notes
Lotus Storage
Lotus File Structure
Database Indexing
Clustering & Replication
Backup and Recovery
Performance Tuning

DB2 databases
DB2 storage
DB2 Naming standards
DB2 System files
Image copies
DB2 and SMS
DB2 and DFHSM
DB2 performance

Microsoft SQL databases
MSSQL databases
system databases
user databases
backup and recovery
shrinking databases
MSSQL Replication
Mirroring and Snapshot

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