ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with server storage input/output (I/O) and data infrastructure fundamentals. It addresses key themes, buzzwords, and trends includes server storage I/O tradecraft, data demand drivers, fundamental needs and uses of data infrastructures, and associated technologies. Server storage I/O data infrastructure fundamentals include hardware systems and components as well as software that, along with management tools, are core building blocks for converged and nonconverged environments. Tradecraft is the skills, experiences, insight, and tricks of the trade associated with a given profession. A fundamental theme is that server’s process data using various applications programs to create information; I/O networks provide connectivity to access servers and storage; storage is where data gets stored, protected, preserved, and served from; and all of this needs to be managed. There are also many technologies involved, including hardware, software, and services as well as various techniques that make up a server, storage, and I/O enabled data infrastructure.
