Storage Technology Foundations Training Class

1. Introduction to Storage Technology: Review data creation and the amount
of data being created and understand the value of data to a business

• Identify challenges in data storage and data management


• List the solutions available for data storage


• List and describe the core elements of a Data Center infrastructure


• Describe the role of each element in supporting business activities.

2. Storage Systems Architecture: List the hardware and software components
of the host environment

• Define the key protocols and concepts used by each component


• Describe the physical and logical components of a connectivity environment


• Describe the major physical components of a disk drive and their function


• Define the logical constructs of a physical disk, access characteristics,
  and performance implications


• Define the concept of RAID and components


• Describe the different RAID levels and their suitability for different
  application environments - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 0+1,
  RAID 1+0, RAID 6


• Compare and contrast integrated and modular storage systems


• Describe the high level architecture and working of an intelligent storage
  system.

3. Introduction to Networked Storage: Describe the evolution of networked
storage

• Describe the architecture, components, and topologies of FC-SAN, NAS, and
  IP-SAN


• Describe the benefits of the different networked storage options


• Understand the need for long-term archiving solutions and describe how CAS
  fulfills the needs


• Understand the appropriateness of the different networked storage options
  for different application environments.

4. Information Availability: List reasons for planned / unplanned outages
and the impact of downtime

• Describe the impact of downtime


• Differentiate between Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR)Define
  RTO, and RPO


• Identify single points of failure in a storage infrastructure and list
  solutions to mitigate these failures


• Describe the architecture of Backup/Recovery and the different
  Backup/Recovery topologies


• Describe local replication technologies and their role in ensuring
  information availability and business continuity


• Describe remote replication technologies and their role in providing
  disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities

5. Managing and Monitoring: Identify key areas to monitor in a data center

• Define industry standards for data center monitoring and management


• List key metrics to monitor for different components in a storage
  infrastructure


• List key management tasks in a data center.

6. Securing Storage and Storage Virtualization: Define information security

• List the critical security attributes for information systems


• Define storage security domains


• List and analyze the common threats in each domain


• Identify different virtualization technologies


• Describe block-level and file-level virtualization technologies and
  processes.

• Experienced storage professionals knowledgeable in specific segments who
  may not have exposure to all of the other segments of modern storage
  infrastructure


• Experienced IT professionals taking on the responsibility to manage
  storage infrastructure


• Students and IT professionals who want to build their career in the
  storage industry


• Organization-wide IT teams who are directly or indirectly responsible for
  planning, designing,

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