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Switching considerations in storage networks.

by Leung Yiu Tong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-98). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Organization --- p.3 / Chapter 2. --- Storage Network Fundamentals --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Storage Network Topology --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Direct Attached Storage (DAS) --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Network Attached Storage (NAS) --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Storage Area Network (SAN) --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.3.1 --- SAN and the Fibre Channel Protocol --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Summary on Storage Network Topology --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Storage Protocol --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Fibre Channel --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.1.1 --- Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.1.2 --- Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Internet SCSI (iSCSI) --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- InfiniBand --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Review on Storage Network Protocol --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- Standard Organization --- p.27 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.28 / Chapter 3. --- Switching Design for Storage Networks --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1. --- Shared Bus Design --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2. --- Time Division Switch --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3. --- Share Buffer Memory Switch --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Parallel Memory Array --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Distributive Storage --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4. --- Crossbar Switch --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Arbitrated Crossbar vs. Buffered Crossbar --- p.46 / Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- Arbitrated Crossbar Switch --- p.47 / Chapter 3.4.1.2 --- Buffered Crossbar Switch --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Switch Scheduling --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Bipartite Matching --- p.50 / Chapter 3.4.2.2 --- Token-based Distributive Scheduling --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4.2.3 --- Resource Counting using Semaphore --- p.56 / Chapter 3.5. --- Algebraic Switches --- p.60 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Switching by Conditionally Nonblocking Properties --- p.61 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Self-Routing Mechanism with Zero-Bit Buffering --- p.64 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Multistage Interconnection of Self-routing Concentrators --- p.69 / Chapter 3.6. --- Summary --- p.73 / Chapter 4. --- Investigating Switching Issue in Storage Networks --- p.74 / Chapter 4.1 --- Choosing a Suitable Switch --- p.74 / Chapter 4.2 --- Quality of Service (QoS) --- p.76 / Chapter 4.3 --- Multicasting --- p.77 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Crossbar Switch --- p.78 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Shared-Buffer Memory Switches --- p.80 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Algebraic Switch --- p.82 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Application on Multicast Transmission --- p.86 / Chapter 4.4 --- Load Balancing Mechanism --- p.87 / Chapter 4.5 --- Optimization on Storage Utilization --- p.91 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary --- p.93 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusion and Summary of Original Contributions --- p.94

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324188
Date January 2003
ContributorsLeung, Yiu Tong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Information Engineering.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iii, 98 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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