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Storage Technology Foundations (Information Storage and Management)

 
Course: 174     Type: Course Workshop     Duration: 5 Days

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You Will Learn How To
  • Evaluate storage architectures, including storage subsystems, DAS, SAN, NAS, CAS
  • Define backup, recovery, disaster recovery, business continuity and replication
  • Examine emerging technologies including IP-SAN, storage virtualization and security
  • Decipher logical and physical components of a storage infrastructure
  • Establish business continuity (BC) concepts and principles
  • Identify components of managing and monitoring the data center

Course Benefits
The explosion of digital data has made the storage industry one of the highest growth sectors in the IT industry--and one of the most vital. Learning Tree has partnered with EMC Corporation to offer this course, which focuses on concepts, principles and design considerations of storage technology, rather than on specific products.

Who Should Attend
Those working in any storage environment, including storage managers and administrators, database and network administrators, project managers, and others. A basic understanding of operating systems, networks and databases is required.

Course Workshop
In-class workshops and case studies reinforce the concepts of storage technologies taught throughout this course. Participants work in small groups to apply the knowledge gained to solve particular problems. Workshops include:
  • Selecting appropriate RAID protection schemes
  • Deciphering the best local and remote replication technologies
  • Choosing between DAS, SAN, NAS and CAS technologies
  • Deploying the most effective technology for your organization

Course 174 Content
The Complex Issues of Information Management
Challenges of today's storage needs
  • Vast amounts of data being created
  • The value of data to a business
  • Identifying obstacles in data storage and data management
Investigating data storage solutions
  • Comparing options for various needs
  • Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
  • Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  • Uncovering the advantages of disk arrays
Data center infrastructures
  • Assembling core elements to support business activities
  • Outlining storage system requirements
Storage System Architecture
Examining the host environment
  • Logical components
  • File systems
  • Volume management
  • Host Bus Adapters
  • Key protocols and concepts
Defining the connectivity environment
  • Bus technologies
  • Cables
  • Ports
  • Logical connectivity components
Deciphering the disk environment
  • Determining performance through disk drive access characteristics
  • Partitioning physical drives
  • Distinguishing RAID components
  • Exploiting common RAID levels
Considering your storage system environment
  • Maximizing an intelligent storage system
  • Integrated vs. modular storage
  • Handling data flow
Network Storage Systems
Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
  • Employing a DAS-based storage strategy
  • Connectivity options: IDE, ATA and SCSI protocols
  • Sustaining the I/O flow
  • Challenges of managing a DAS solution
Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • Assessing common SAN topologies
  • Comparing connectivity devices
  • Navigating the Fibre Channel log-in process
  • The value of a SAN solution
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
  • Weighing NAS connectivity options
  • Deciphering management considerations
  • Benefits of a NAS-based solution
Adopting other storage options
  • Physical and logical elements of IP-SAN
  • Advantages of a Content Addressable Storage (CAS) strategy
Storage security and virtualization
  • Identifying, analyzing and mitigating security threats in the storage environment
  • Server and storage virtualization
Information Availability Principles
Business continuity (BC) concepts
  • The causes and impacts of planned and unplanned outages
  • Accounting for the impact of downtime
  • Differentiating between business continuity and disaster recovery
  • The importance of information availability to your business
  • Defining RTO, RPO and RGO
Data availability
  • Detecting potential physical infrastructure failures before they fail
  • Strategies to avoid data vulnerability
Local and remote data replication
  • Inspecting types of replication methods
  • Adopting the appropriate information availability technology
Disaster recovery (DR)
  • Establishing the definition of a disaster
  • Identifying appropriate recovery strategies
Managing and Monitoring Your Data Center
  • Recognizing key areas and tasks
  • Assessing industry standards for optimal monitoring
  • Choosing the appropriate management tool for the activity

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Storage Technology Foundations (Information Storage and Management)
Upcoming Dates
Jan 26 - 30, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Jun 1 - 5, 2009
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Jul 27 - 31, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Aug 10 - 14, 2009
 New York

Storage Technology Foundations (Information Storage and Management)
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Course Tuition
$ 3,090 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 2,250 10-Day Pass
$ 1,670 Training Passport
$ 1,625 Premium-Pass
$ 2,200 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,785 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,744 Government Discount
 

 

Storage Technology Foundations (Information Storage and Management)
Storage Technology Foundations (Information Storage and Management)
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