Duration: 5 Days
In this course, you will gain an understanding of the various components of information storage infrastructure in classic and virtual environments. You will cover storage technology, enabling you to make more informed decisions in an increasingly complex IT environment. You will build a strong understanding of underlying storage technologies, preparing you for more advanced concepts, technologies, and products. You will learn the architectures, features, and benefits of intelligent storage systems. You will cover storage networking technologies such as FC-SAN, IP-SAN, NAS, object-based, and unified storage. You will also learn business continuity solutions such as backup and replication, the increasingly critical area of information security and management, and the emerging field of cloud computing. This unique course focuses on concepts and principles which are further illustrated and reinforced exercises.
What You Will Learn
- Evaluate storage architectures and key data center elements in classic, virtualized, and cloud environments
- Physical and logical components of a storage infrastructure including storage subsystems, RAID, and intelligent storage systems
- Storage networking technologies such as FC-SAN, IP-SAN, FCoE, NAS, object-based, and unified storage
- Business continuity solutions: backup and replications, and archive for managing fixed content
- Characteristics, services, deployment models, and infrastructure components for a cloud computing
- Information security requirements and solutions
- Parameters for managing and monitoring storage infrastructure in classic, virtualized, and cloud environments
Audience
- Experienced storage professionals who may not have exposure to all of the segments of modern storage infrastructure
- Experienced IT professionals with the responsibility of managing storage infrastructure in both classic and virtualized environments
- IT professionals who want to build a career in the storage industry
- IT teams who are directly or indirectly responsible for planning, designing, deploying, managing, or leveraging information infrastructure
- Individuals seeking EMC Information Storage Associate v2 (EMCISA) certification
Prerequistes
- Basic understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, networking, and databases
- Experience in specific segments of storage infrastructure is beneficial
Course Outline
1. Storage System
- Information Storage, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing
- Key Data Center Elements
- Compute, Application, and Storage Virtualization
- Disk Drive and Flash Drive Components
- Performance
- RAID
- Intelligent Storage System and Storage Provisioning (Including Virtual Provisioning)
2. Storage Networking Technologies
- Fibre Channel SAN Components, FC Protocol, and Operations
- Block Level Storage Virtualization
- iSCSI and FCIP as an IP-SAN Solutions
- Converged Networking Option: FCoE
- Network Attached Storage (NAS): Components, Protocol, and Operations
- File-Level Storage Virtualization
- Object-Based Storage and Unified Storage Platform
3. Backup, Archive, and Replication
- Business Continuity Terminologies, Planning, and Solutions
- Clustering and Multipathing Architecture to Avoid Single Points of Failure
- Backup and Recovery: Methods, Targets, and Topologies
- Data Deduplication and Backup in Virtualized Environment
- Fixed Content and Data Archive
- Local Replication in Classic and Virtual Environments
- Remote Replication in Classic and Virtual Environments
- Three-Site Remote Replication and Continuous Data Protection
4. Cloud Computing
- Characteristics and Benefits
- Services and Deployment Models
- Cloud Infrastructure Components
- Cloud Migration Considerations
5. Securing and Managing Storage Infrastructure
- Security Threats and Countermeasures in various domains
- Security Solutions for FC-SAN, IP-SAN, and NAS Environments
- Security in Virtualized and Cloud Environments
- Monitoring and Managing Various Information Infrastructure Components in Classic and Virtual Environments
- Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Storage Tiering
Course Labs
