Storage Concepts: Storing And Managing Digital Data: Volume 1

The Storage Concepts book provides a generic vendor neutral view of storage technology which is a real breath of fresh air from vendors trying pitch their products. This book provides a great introduction and spans through the theory and concepts of data storage. Chapters on the virtualization of servers and storage arrays clearly describe the information logically and make it easy to grasp and retain. In the fast paced ever changing IT world, what separates individuals and excel their success is the ability to quickly gain knowledge. This book accomplishes this very thing by explaining topics like performance, and data management and presenting them in an easy to process format. This book is a must read for IT administrators, managers, students or recent graduates in the IT space looking to expand their knowledge in the storage and management of digital data. This book will make a great reference guide and will never be too far from my desktop.

This book was designed for a training class. You can read it front to back and get a good introduction to data storage technology. If you already have experience or training, this book will be too basic for you. Coming from Hitachi, most examples feature that company's products. And many sections seem like they were originally written in another language (probably Japanese). As a result, I had to read the same passage multiple times, and work around grammatical errors, in order to get the meaning.

Though English is not my native language, the book was totally understandable and very easy to read. Information is well structured and every topic is nicely explained. Good guide to traditional proprietary storage systems and principles of keeping data safe and available.

A well presented text on the basics of data storage technology. It focuses mainly on disk storage medias which is pretty mainstream these days. I work with archival tape products and even though this book doesn't touch on that area, I still learned quite a bit that will be beneficial. Well thought out presentation and easy to follow information. Worth a space in my library.

I bought the Kindle version in September 2013 for less than $21. The current price is a little nuts for a Kindle book. Other than that, it's very helpful for storage newbies.