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The Storage Fundamentals course provides students with a broad survey of
the current state of network storage. By focussing 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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Additional SW HW Requirements
Flash 5.0 plug-in is required.
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Languages
English
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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are all 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 (the elevator pitch)
- Define and differentiate between various storage technologies, including SCSI, Fibre, 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 requirment
- 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 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 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 GBICs
- Identify advances in GBIC technology embodied in the small form factor
GBIC as 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 that of a JBOD
- Identify standard Array Components
- Consider Array selection criteria based on the customer's need, including:
- Capacity
- Speed
- Availability
- Cost
- Multi-pathing
- Scalability
Module 5 - RAID
- Describe 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 2 types of Tape Technologies, DLT and 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 its
advantages and limitations
- Describe the use and structure of SAN especially in relation 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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