Course Details
EMC Storage Area Network (SAN) Overview :
EMC storage applies to the several storage products, systems and services of EMC that it sells through its partners and resellers and which include disk, flash and hybrid storage systems and arrays.
EMC SAN Course Content
1) Introduction to Data-Storage
- Importance of Data
- Data Growth and Demands on Data
- Storage Evolution
- Storage Topologies
- DAS – Advantages and Limitation
- NAS – Advantages and Limitation
- SAN – Advantages and Limitation
- Comparing DAS, NAS and SAN
2) Storage Hardware & Ecosystem
- Host Bus Adapters
- SFPs, FC Cables and Connectors
- SCSI/SATA/SAS Cables and Connectors
- Disk Drive
- Host Bus Adapters
- JBODs
- RAID Arrays
- RAID Controllers
- External Storage Boxes
- Tape Drive
- Tape Library
- NAS Device
- NAS Head
- Fiber Channel Switches
- Bridges
- FC Appliances
- Sample Products Datasheets
3) Storage Protocols
- ATA and SATA
- SPI – Parallel SCSI
- Limitations of Parallel SCSI
- SAS – Serial Attached SCSI
- SAS Topology
- SAS Devices
- Benefits of SAS
4) Fiber Channel
- FC Topologies
- FC Ports
- FC Protocol Layers
- FC WWNs
- FC Addresses
- FC Frame
- FC Flow Control
- Zoning
- Lun Masking
- FC Strength and Limitation
5) ISCSI
- ISCSI Topology
- ISCSI Initiators and Targets
- ISCSI Names and Addresses
- Speeding Up ISCSI
- ISCSI Advantages
- ISCSI Limitation
- Comparing Storage Protocols
6) RAID
- Why RAID
- RAID Levels
- RAID 0 – 6, DP
- Nested RAID Terminology
- Comparison of RAID Levels
- RAID Characteristics
- RAID Performance
- RAID in Software
- RAID in Hardware
7) Storage Virtualization
- Disk Virtualization
- Block Virtualization
- File Virtualization
- File system Virtualization
- Tape Virtualization
- Tape Library Virtualization
- Host Based Virtualization
- Network-Based Virtualization
- Storage Device Virtualization
8) Storage & Data Management
- Why Storage Management
- Storage Management Challenges
- SMI-S and Benefits
- Storage Vs Data Classification
- Information Lifecycle Management
- Data Classification
- Hierarchical Storage Management
- Data Protection
- Data Protection Methods
- Disaster Recovery
- RTO and RPO
- DR Solutions
- Backup and Restore
- Snapshot & CDP
- Virtual Tape Library
- De-duplication
