{"product_id":"the-complete-guide-to-data-ricky-gutierrez-9798174157873","title":"The Complete Guide to Data Center Networking: Architecture, Technologies, and Operations for Modern Data Centers, Cloud Computing, and AI Infrastructu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA data center can contain the world's most powerful servers, fastest GPUs, and largest storage systems-but without the network connecting them, they are isolated machines.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Complete Guide to Data Center Networking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to the architectures, technologies, equipment, protocols, and operational practices that connect modern data centers and allow enormous computing systems to function as a unified infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom traditional enterprise facilities to hyperscale cloud platforms and massive artificial-intelligence clusters, networking determines how quickly information can move, how reliably applications communicate, how infrastructure scales, and ultimately how effectively computing resources can be used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes readers from the \u003cb\u003efundamentals of computer networking to the specialized high-performance fabrics increasingly required by cloud computing, distributed systems, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstand the Foundations of Data Center Networking\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with the principles required to understand what is actually happening when information moves between machines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders explore concepts including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackets and frames. Ethernet. IP addressing. MAC addresses. TCP and UDP. Ports. Switching. Routing. VLANs. Subnets. Gateways. DNS. DHCP. Bandwidth. Throughput. Latency. Congestion. Redundancy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than presenting networking as a collection of unexplained acronyms, the book connects these concepts to the physical data-center environment and explains how they work together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders learn how data travels from a server's network interface through switches and network fabrics to other servers, storage systems, external networks, cloud services, and ultimately users around the world.\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Server Rack to the Data Center Fabric\u003cp\u003eModern data-center networks must connect thousands-or potentially hundreds of thousands-of devices while maintaining enormous bandwidth and extremely high availability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Complete Guide to Data Center Networking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e examines the physical and logical architecture that makes this possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ricky Gutierrez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798174157873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Ricky Gutierrez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780017426687,"sku":"9798174157873","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_636bb9fd-e2e7-401a-9627-6b5fb1b8a332.jpg?v=1792948717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-complete-guide-to-data-ricky-gutierrez-9798174157873","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}