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A librarian, Warner was the Archivist of the United States from 1980 to 1985, the sixth person to hold the position. (The National Archive first decides what documents need to be preserved for historical and practical use, and then stores it in such a way that items can be used.) When he was appointed, the National Archivist was a political position -- there was no requirement that the appointee have any education or experience in the field. Warner worked for five years to change the National Archive to a federal agency, which would get it out from under the thumb of political favoritism. "He was an informal but passionate advocate for the independence of the archives," said the current National Archivist, Allen Weinstein. As soon as he succeeded, Warner retired and moved back to the University of Michigan, where he became dean of the School of Library Science. In 2005, the Robert M. Warner Research Center at the National Archives' headquarters was named for him. Dr. Warner died April 24 of a heart attack while battling cancer. He was 79. From This is True for 29 April 2007 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Christopher PoelkerAlex Nikitin List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $19.79 Editorial Review: In case you weren’t sure, a storage area network, or SAN, is a collection of computers and storage devices connected over a high-speed optical network and dedicated to the task of storing and protecting data. SANs solve many of the data storage and management problems that have long bedeviled enterprise networks, and they save companies who use them a bundle. Which is why SAN administration is one of the highest-paid jobs in IT today. Add storage area networking to your resume and your phone will ring off the hook with calls by head-hunters promising of six-figure salaries. Bored with in your current IT job and looking for a change of pace—and bigger bucks? Then Storage Area Networks For Dummies is for you. Have you been tasked with designing, implementing, or troubleshooting your company’s SAN and need to play catch-up in a hurry? Look no further. 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Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) allow organizations to manage and back up huge file systems quickly, thereby keeping their lifeblood flowing. W. Curtis Preston's insightful book takes you through the ins and outs of building and managing large data centers using SANs and NAS. As a network administrator you're aware that multi-terabyte data stores are common and petabyte data stores are starting to appear. Given this much data, how do you ensure that it is available all the time, that access times and throughput are reasonable, and that the data can be backed up and restored in a timely manner? SANs and NAS provide solutions that help you work through these problems, with special attention to the difficulty of backing up huge data stores. This book explains the similarities and differences of SANs and NAS to help you determine which, or both, of these complementing technologies are appropriate for your network. 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You will easily be able to plan and deploy VMware's ESX Server and begin down the path of an evolved, virtual infrastructure in which costs, administration overhead, and complexity are reduced. VMware has provided the technology for a virtual infrastructure and this book shows you how to build it. |
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