The authors are employed at IBM”s storage competence center
in Mainz, Germany. They work at the interface between technology
and customers. Their duties cover a wide field of responsibilities.
They develop and test new software for storage networks. They
present the latest hardware and software products in the field of
storage networks to customers and explain their underlying
concepts. Last but not least they deploy and support respective
hardware and software in customer environments.
Ulf Troppens (centre) studied Computer Science at the
University of Karlsruhe. Since 1989 he has been primarily involved
in the development and administration of Unix systems, storage
systems, data and storage networks and distributed
applications.
Rainer Erkens (left) studied Mathematics at the University
of Mainz. His experience in the management of computers and
distributed applications goes back to 1992. Since 2005 he is a
technical support manager in IBM”s European Storage
Competence Center.
Wolfgang M¨ uller-Friedt (right) studied Computer
Science at the FH Darmstadt. He is a software architect focussing
on the software development of management applications for storage
networks which support open standards such as SMI-S and IEEE
1244.
Nils Haustein (left front) studied Electrical Engineering at
the TU Chemnitz. For several years he is with IBM”s advanced
technical sales support in Europe where he is focussing on digital
archiving.
Rainer Wolafka (right front) studied Electrical Engineering
at the FH Frankfurt and Software Engineering at the Santa Clara
University. Since 1997 he is working in the field of storage
networks and the software development of management applications
for storage networks.
2 Ebooks by Rainer Wolafka
Ulf Troppens & Rainer Erkens: Storage Networks Explained
All you need to know about Storage Area Networks
The amount of data of an average company doubles every year. Thus, companies who own 1TB of data today will own 32TB in five years. Storage …
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Ulf Troppens & Rainer Erkens: Storage Networks Explained
All you need to know about Storage Area Networks
The amount of data of an average company doubles every year. Thus, companies who own 1TB of data today will own 32TB in five years. Storage …
EPUB
English
DRM
€78.99