Storage Area Networks References

• SAN Standards Organizations and Consortia
• IETF Working Groups
• Books on Storage Area Networks
• Fiber Channel Info Sources
• Web Pages
• RFCs
• Internet Drafts
• Storage Companies

SAN Standards Organizations and Consortia

•  SCSI Trade Association, http://www.scsita.org
•  Storage Networking Association (SNIA), http://www.snia.org
•  Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), http://www.ietf.org
•  American National Standards Institute (ANSI), http://www.ansi.org
•  FiberAlliance, http://www.fibrealliance.org/
•  Network Attached Secure Disk, http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/NASD/
• Storage System Standards Committee, http://www.ieee-sssc.org/

IETF Working Groups

Books on Storage Area Networks

• See http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/refs/san_book.htm

Fiber Channel: Info Sources

• Fiber Channel Overview, http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cis788-95/fiber_channel/index.html
• Fiber Channel Association, 800-272-4618
• Mail Reflectors:
• fiber-channel-ext@think.com, mailto:fiber-channel-ext@think.com
• To join send email to majordomo@think.com
• subscribe fiber-channel-ext@think.com <your email address>
• ANSI Documents: Global Engineering 800-854-7179
• HIPPI, http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cis788-95/hippi/index.html

Web Pages

• IBM Redbooks, Introduction to Storage Area Network, SAN, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg245470.pdf
• High Performance Storage System, http://www.sdsc.edu/hpss/hpss1.html
• Computer and Communications, http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/
• Isit Storage, http://www.isit.com/
• Storage Search, http://www.storagesearch.com/
• iSCSI Storage, http://www.iscsistorage.com/
• Storage Management Resource Site, http://www.adsm.org/
• What is RAID, http://www.uni-mainz.de/~neuffer/scsi/what_is_raid.html
• DataStoreX, http://www.datastorex.com/
• THIC, http://www.thic.org/
• Radifed, http://partition.radified.com/partitioning.htm
• Computer Digital Storage Newsletter, http://www.mosarca.com/storagenews
• The Storage-Specific Search Engine, http://www.searchstorage.com/
• Submit a Site, http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/add.cgi?where=Computers/Hardware/Storage/Technical_Information
• Open Directory Project, http://dmoz.org/
• Become an Editor, http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/apply.cgi?where=Computers/Hardware/Storage/Technical_Information
• Excite Computers & Internet: Networks & Comm.: Protocols: ... , http://www.excite.com/computers_and_internet/networks_and_comm/protocols/fiber_channel/
• FIBRE CHANNEL, http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cis788-95/fiber_channel/index.html
• Fiber Channel - Webopedia Definition and Links, http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/F/Fiber_Channel.html
• IBM Storage | Storage Networking | Storage Area Networks, http://www.ibm.com/san
• SourceForge: Project Info - Intel iSCSI Reference ... , http://sourceforge.net/projects/intel-iscsi
• Storage Area Networking (SAN) on STORAGE search .com, http://www.storagesearch.com/san.html
• Storage Area Networks, http://www.itpapers.com/search.aspx?scid=174
• Storage Area Networks, http://www.networkmagazine.com/article/NMG20000724S0006
• TechReviews: 4 Storage Area Networks, http://techweb.techreviews.com/sections/topics/article/TT20001031S0001
• iSCSI Linux Development, http://www.cs.uml.edu/~mbrown/iSCSI/
• iSCSI, http://www.linux-france.org/prj/jargonf/I/iSCSI.html

RFCs

• None yet

Internet Drafts

• Search for "ips" or "Storage" at http://search.ietf.org/or click on the following queries:
• http://search.ietf.org/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/&words=ips
• http://search.ietf.org/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/&words=storage

Storage Companies

• Advanced Digital Information Corp (ADIC)
• Bell Microproducts (BELM)
• Brocade Communication Systems
• Dot Hill Systems
• EMC
• Emulex
• Hutchison Technology
• Inrange
• Intevac
• Iomega
• JNI
•  Legato Systems
•  Maxtor
•  Network Appliance
•  OTG Software
•  QLogic
•  Quantum
•  Read-Rite
•  StorageTek
•  Veritas Software
•  Western Digital
•  3PARdata
•  3ware
•  Alacritech
•  Ancot
•  Aprilis
•  Astrum Software
•  ATTO Technology
•  BakBOne Software
•  Banderacom
•  Baydel
•  BlueArc
•  Broadband Storage
•  Bus-Tech
•  Cereva Networks
•  Chaparral Network
•  CMD Technology
•  CommVault Systems
•  CreekPath Systems
•  Datacore Software
•  DataDirect Networks
•  Eurologic Systems
•  ExaNet
•  Hitachi Data Systems
•  I-TECH
•  Ikadega
•  InfiniCon Systems
•  Infiniswitch
•  InterSAN
•  Lane 15 Software
•  LeftHand Networks
•  ManagedStorage
•  Mellanox Technologies
•  NetConverence
•  Nishan Systems
•  NSI Software
•  nStor
•  OmegaBand
•  Panasa
•  Pirus
•  PolyServe
•  PowerQuest
•  Prisa Networks
•  Raidtec
•  RedSwitch
•  Rhapsody Networks
•  SanCastle Technologies
•  Sanera Systems
•  SANgate Systems
•  Sanrise Group
•  SAN Valley Systems
•  Scal Eight
•  Seagate/XIOtech
•  Shugart Technology
•  Storability
•  StorageApps
•  StoreAge Networking
•  Tantia Technologies
•  Times N Systems
•  Troika Networks
•  TrueSAN Networks
•  Viathan
•  Vicom Systems
•  VIEO
•  Voltaire
•  YottaYotta
•  Zambeel
•  Zantaz

 

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