{"id":11637,"date":"2017-07-29T09:07:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T17:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=11637"},"modified":"2017-07-29T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T17:10:06","slug":"new-book-storage-design-and-implementation-in-vsphere-6-ships-july-24-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=11637","title":{"rendered":"[New Book] Storage Design and Implementation in vSphere 6 ships July 24, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41K0mV%2BpeLL._SX382_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 2 long years of working on my new book &#8220;Storage Design and Implementation in vSphere 6&#8221; it has finally been published on July 24, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>I revised the content of the first edition to include vSphere 6 through 6.5.<\/p>\n<p>Content includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Planning and implementing Fibre Channel, FCoE, and iSCSI storage in vSphere virtualized environments<\/li>\n<li>Implementing vSphere Pluggable Storage Architecture native multipathing, SATP, PSP, plug-ins, rules, registration, and more<\/li>\n<li>Working with Active\/Passive and Pseudo-Active\/Active ALUA SCSI-3 storage arrays<\/li>\n<li>Maximizing availability with multipathing and failover<\/li>\n<li>Improving efficiency and value by unifying and centrally managing heterogeneous storage configurations<\/li>\n<li>Understanding Storage Virtualization Devices (SVDs) and designing storage to take advantage of them<\/li>\n<li>Implementing VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) to maximize performance and resource utilization<\/li>\n<li>Working with virtual disks and raw device mappings (RDMs)<\/li>\n<li>Managing snapshots in VMFS and Virtual Volumes environments<\/li>\n<li>Implementing and administering NFS 3.0 and 4.1, VAAI, Storage vMotion, VisorFS, and VASA<\/li>\n<li>Integrating VSAN core and advanced features<\/li>\n<li>Using Virtual Volumes to streamline storage operations and gain finer VM-level control over external storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The book is close to 1200 pages in a 2 volume set.<\/p>\n<p>See links in the sidebar for buying it from Amazon. Also available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pearsonitcertification.com\/store\/storage-design-and-implementation-in-vsphere-6-a-technology-9780134268101\">Person Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 2 long years of working on my new book &#8220;Storage Design and Implementation in vSphere 6&#8221; it has finally been published on July 24, 2017. I revised the content of the first edition to include vSphere 6 through 6.5. 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