Path to storage Learning

 

Since I started my research as a student, I even entered the storage field. At that time, I studied network storage and distributed computing, and I also studied data mining in my spare time. After graduation, I entered the storage industry for almost two years. I have been working on storage for several years. However, storage is profound and profound, and I am still on the way to storage and learning. However, I think I still have something (or experience) to share with my storage colleagues. If it can help a few people, I think it is worth it.

 

0. Storage entry

This person may be a graduate tutor, a tutor at work, or a friend or colleague. In the course of study and research, we will avoid many detours. The value of experience is here. If you are a beginner in storage, hurry up to find your leader. Of course, examples of self-taught talents cannot be mentioned, but we still need to weigh them by ourselves.

 

1. Store books

The most direct method to learn the basic theory of storage is reading. Compared with computing and network technology, the development of storage technology is relatively backward. Therefore, there must be fewer books, fewer in China, and most of them are translated or adapted. I have read the following storage books in China:

Network Storage Technology Tsinghua University Press

Introduction to network storage technology Tsinghua University Press

SAN Storage Area Network Machinery Industry Press

Data storage backup and disaster recovery e-Industry Press

Object-based network storage Electronics Industry Press

Ipsan authoritative guide China Power Press

Path to achieving storage experts Tsinghua University Press

Information storage and management Press

Big talk storage Tsinghua University Press

Data reproduction Tsinghua University Press

 

2. storage resources

Network Resources are also an important resource for learning and storage, and can well track the recent development of storage. Frequently accessed URLs include:

Infostor: http://www.infostor.com

Sina: http://www.snia.org/home

Gartner: http://www.gartner.com/technology/home.jsp

Sansky: http://www.sansky.net/

Dostor: http://www.dostor.com/

Watchstor: The http://www.watchstor.com/

 

There are also some international storage conferences, such:

SDC, storage Developer Conference (2009, http://www.snia.org/events/storage-developer2009/presentations)

Fast, file and storage technologies (http://www.usenix.org/events/fast)

 

 

3. storage practices

In universities, we lack practice. Practice can help us better understand and grasp the theory, and gain the ability to implement and apply the theory. There are many practices, such as debugging the storage software and hardware, optimizing and improving the storage system set, developing some software, and reading the source code of the storage software. In practice, you can find opportunities to do more. In addition to Linux kernel, the source code www.sourceforge.net is the best place to go, read VFS, ext2/3/4, soft RAID, LVM, fdisk, NFS/CIFS, SCSI/iSCSI, fuse, AFS, lustre, and so on.

 

4. Storage Communication

Most cool people like to share with others. Don't worry about sharing your own things, and others will surpass you. It is actually an improvement for others to understand their own things. Things are clustered by groups of people. The Internet is not so convenient now. It is a good thing to find a group of people with similar interests and communicate with each other. At the same time, we can establish connections. Maybe we will work together or start a business one day. My MSN: liuag@hotmail.com (indicating storage communication) and Gmail: aigui.liu@gmail.com, welcome to share with me!

 

5. Storage

If you do not want to learn, you will be confused. If you do not want to learn, you will be confused. When we have mastered some storage theories and practices, we may encounter development bottlenecks. We need to select one or two directions for further study and research. In this way, we can have the energy to analyze and think about the theoretical and technical advantages and disadvantages, and then continue to practice and think. As a result, it is possible to reach a higher level and discover some opportunities.

 

6. Storage experience

We often see that recruitment information requires 8-10 years of relevant work experience. Whether it is a failure or a successful experience, it will be meaningful for future work, especially the failure experience, which will greatly increase the chance of success. For storage companies, it is best to find opportunities to work in companies or research institutions in the storage industry, which is very important for experience improvement. Because this is a regular army that adapts to the needs of market users, and its own learning and research come from its own needs. If you work in a company or start your own business, user needs are the fundamental starting point of the product. This awareness should be developed as soon as possible.

 

7. Storage trends

Be familiar with history, grasp the present, and predict the future. Once we are very familiar with and deeply understand the past and present aspects of storage technology, we may analyze and predict the future trend of storage correctly to grasp opportunities and business opportunities. This kind of person is a great guy. It may be difficult for us to reach this level, but at least we can quickly understand and recognize many new ideas and concepts.

 

8. Storage Innovation

Innovation requires prerequisites. Without learning, practice, and thinking, storage innovation is impossible. Innovation may be theoretical innovation and technological innovation. The main starting point is to solve and improve the current theoretical or technical defects and deficiencies. This naturally requires us to be very familiar with the existing things. At the level of thinking and seeking for innovation, I think there are very few things about regularity. Sometimes it may take some luck to succeed, but you must do your homework well in the early stage, and you must take care of those who are fully prepared.