SNIA Technical Tutorial Booklets

The SNIA Technical Tutorial booklet series provides introductions to storage technology topics for users of storage networks. The content is prepared by teams of SNIA technical experts. Each booklet corresponds with tutorials delivered by instructors at Storage Networking World and other conferences. To learn more about SNIA Technical Tutorials, email snia-tutorialmanagers-chair@snia.org.

NEW – Network Management Tutorial Booklet

Including many other topics, this booklet provides a basic grounding in the history of network management interfaces and interface definitions as a background and introduction to the work being performed by the SNIA as part of the Storage Management Initiative. It also provides an overview of technology underlying definitions produced by SMI and the application of those definitions to the management of types of equipment commonly found in a storage network. Furthermore, it provides the characteristics of predecessor definitions with the SNIA SMI, and describes how the richness of the information model and extensibility of the definitions can support new functionality.  

Storage Virtualization Tutorial Booklet

Companies are using the term virtualization and its characteristics in a variety of different forms. This booklet describes the reasons and benefits of virtualization in a technical and neutral way. Readers will learn the terminology and receive a clear picture of the different virtualization approaches.

Storage Networking Security Tutorial Booklet

Written to both the creator and the designer of storage network configurations, this booklet discusses how to determine and enforce an appropriate level of security and demonstrates what specific security features might be required.

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