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The Storage Fundamentals course provides students with
a broad survey of the current state of network storage.
By focusing on concepts, terms, and technologies and
avoiding product-specific features, this course provides
foundation knowledge that is applicable to the further study
of storage products.
Course Length
4 hours
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Technical Requirements
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Languages
English
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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are entry-level storage professionals.
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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
- Understand computer operating systems and computer components
- Understand network concepts
- Use a web browser
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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Discuss network storage in basic terms (the elevator pitch)
- Define and differentiate between various storage
technologies, including small computer system interface (SCSI),
Fibre, peripheral component interconnect (PCI), SBus, and so on
- Apply a specific technology to an application and provide
rationale for that choice
- Identify and differentiate various storage components
- Describe storage systems, such as storage arrays, and define
the specific technologies associated with arrays
- Describe storage backup systems, such as tape libraries
- Define and differentiate between types of network storage
configurations and the types of logical storage configurations
- Apply a specific network storage configuration to a customer
application by choosing the configuration that best meets
the requirement
- Define data services and their application to storage
- Define storage management software and its application to
storage
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Related Courses
Before:
After:
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Disk Subsystems Fundamentals (ES-215)
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Course Content
Module 1 - Storage Overview
- State the significance of the storage industry today
- State Sun's vision of storage
- Identify the features of Sun's vision of storage
Module 2 - Data Transfer Technologies and Physical Connectors
- Define the SBus
- Define the PCI Bus
- Define integrated development environment (IDE) devices
- Define SCSI technology and circumstances under which it is
an appropriate data transfer technology to utilize based
on customer requirements of performance, availability, and cost
- Correlate the SCSI standard to images of SCSI connectors
- Define the Fibre Channel Bus and list its advantages and
limitations
- Define the types of Fibre Channel, including Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL), and list the advantages and
limitations of each
- Correlate the Fibre Channel standard to images of Fibre Channel
connectors
Module 3 - Network Devices
- Define Host Bus Adaptors (HBA) and versions (including PCI
and SBus) and determine which of the versions is more
appropriate in a given circumstance
- Define gigabit interface converters (GBICs)
- Identify advances in GBIC technology embodied in the small
form factor GBIC compared to the standard
- Define a Hub and its use with storage
- Define the purpose of switches and identify the circumstances
under which the use of a switch is more appropriate than a hub
- Define the types of cabling and distinguish their advantages
and limitations
Module 4 - Arrays
- Identify the definition of an array storage system and
a JBOD
- Identify standard array components
- Consider array selection criteria based on the customer's
need, including:
- Capacity
- Speed
- Availability
- Cost
- Multipathing
- Scalability
Module 5 - RAID
- Describe redundant array of independent disks (RAID) and
define the features that make up a RAID
configuration
- Describe RAID levels and specific applications and performance
characteristics
- Define and differentiate between software and hardware
implementation of RAID with respect to performance
Module 6 - Tape Library Storage Backup Systems
- Identify two types of tape technologies, digital linear tape
(DLT) and linear tape open (LTO), and state the purpose of each
- Identify standard tape library components, including:
- Tape
- Tape drives
- Robotics
- Controllers
- I/O subsystems
- Define the criteria associated with tape libraries and how
they are implemented, including:
Module 7 - Storage Configurations
- Describe the use and structure of NAS, especially in relation
to its advantages and limitations
- Describe the use and structure of DAS, especially in relation
to its advantages and limitations
- Describe the use and structure of SAN, especially in relation
to its advantages and limitations
Module 8 - Storage Virtualization
- Define storage virtualization
Module 9 - Define Data Services
- Describe network data replication and its advantages and
limitations
- Describe point-in-time copy and its advantages and
limitations
Module 10 - Storage Management Software
- Describe the issues related to resource management and the
types of software solutions available
- Describe the issues related to storage network management
and types of the software solutions available
- Describe the issues related to component management and the
types of software solutions available
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