Administering Data Centers : Servers, Storage, and Voice over IP

`This book covers a wide spectrum of topics relevant to implementing and managing a modern data center. The chapters are comprehensive and the flow of concepts is easy to understand.`
-Cisco reviewer

Gain a practical knowledge of data center concepts

To create a well-designed data center (including storage and network architecture, VoIP implementation, and server consolidation) you must understand a variety of key concepts and technologies. This book explains those factors in a way that smoothes the path to implementation and management. Whether you need an introduction to the technologies, a refresher course for IT managers and data center personnel, or an additional resource for advanced study, you'll find these guidelines and solutions provide a solid foundation for building reliable designs and secure data center policies.
* Understand the common causes and high costs of service outages
* Learn how to measure high availability and achieve maximum levels
* Design a data center using optimum physical, environmental, and technological elements
* Explore a modular design for cabling, Points of Distribution, and WAN connections from ISPs
* See what must be considered when consolidating data center resources
* Expand your knowledge of best practices and security
* Create a data center environment that is user- and manager-friendly
* Learn how high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions can be deployed to protect critical information
* Find out how to use a single network infrastructure for IP data, voice, and storage

User review
Data Center Design
This book does provide some good hands on information related to Data Center design and implementation along with some interesting description of Terms & Glossary, it's worth having in your bookshelf

Best,
Malahat Qureshi Ph.D.


User review
Excellent Primer
Very good book, well written and easy to understand. Covers all aspects of standing up a data center, although at a high level. Each chapter could be the subject of a number of books. This is a good all around primer which will give you enough knowledge to be able to get the most from more in-depth books.

User review
one of the best book for sysadmin , network admin and Datacenter admin
This is one of the best book to read specially for sysadmins , network administrators and Datacenter Administrator.I have read the book and have been benifitted a lot from it.

Thanks

Amitabh Talukdar
Unix System Administrator
Cisco Systems

User review
Excellent book
The book is very comprehensive, covers many topics and each is covered in good detail. Concepts are explained in simple language. A must-read for all data center administrators

User review
BEST BUY.
I would recommend this book to any network, systems, or server administrator, even if obtaining the certification is not desired. This is one of the most precious resources I have in my bookshelf. Aside from its fine organization, the book states the learning objectives for each chapter and complements them with vivid graphical representation wherever possible to ensure understanding by readers.
I strongly recommend having this as a quick reference guide as every single topic has been taken up and discussed with utmost simplicity. You don't have to be a Rocket Scientist to grasp logics of the topics. 100% value for my money.

Thanks again for coming up with this wonderful work of its kind on such a topic.