Information Storage and Management

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Who Needs to Attend

Experienced storage professionals knowledgeable in specific segments who may not have exposure to all of the other segments of modern storage infrastructure
Experienced IT professionals taking on the responsibility to manage storage infrastructure
Students and IT professionals who want to build their career in the storage industry
Organization-wide IT teams who are directly or indirectly responsible for planning, designing, deploying, managing or leveraging information infrastructure
Individuals who are seeking EMC Proven™ Professional Storage Technologist Associate (EMCPA) level certification

Prerequisites

Understanding of computers, operating systems, networking, and databases
Experience in specific segments of storage infrastructure

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

EMC Proven Professional Storage Technologist Certification

Information Storage and Management is the only course of its kind to fill the knowledge gap in understanding varied components of modern storage infrastructure. It is the first course in the Storage Technologist Track (EMCST) and provides a comprehensive introduction to storage technology which will enable you to make more informed decisions in an increasingly complex IT environment. It builds a strong understanding of underlying storage technologies and prepares you to learn advanced concepts, technologies and products. You will learn about the architectures, features, and benefits of Intelligent Storage Systems; networked storage technologies such as FC-SAN, NAS, and IP-SAN; long-term archiving solutions such as Content Addressed Storage (CAS); the increasingly critical area of information security and the emerging field of storage virtualization technologies. This unique, open course focuses on concepts and principles of storage technology. These are illustrated and reinforced with EMC examples.

Certification:

Assessments validate that you have learned the knowledge or skills presented during a learning experience. This course includes a free online practice test and has an associated EMC Proven Professional Storage Technology Foundations exam (E20-001).

What You'll Learn

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
Understand logical and physical components of a storage infrastructure
Identify components of managing and monitoring the data center
Define information security and identify different storage virtualization technologies

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Storage Technology

Review data creation and the amount of data being created and understand the value of data to a business
Identify challenges in data storage and data management
List the solutions available for data storage
List and describe the core elements of a Data Center infrastructure
Describe the role of each element in supporting business activities.

2. Storage Systems Architecture

List the hardware and software components of the host environment
Define the key protocols and concepts used by each component
Describe the physical and logical components of a connectivity environment
Describe the major physical components of a disk drive and their function
Define the logical constructs of a physical disk, access characteristics, and performance implications
Define the concept of RAID and components
Describe the different RAID levels and their suitability for different application environments - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 0+1, RAID 1+0, RAID 6
Compare and contrast integrated and modular storage systems
Describe the high level architecture and working of an intelligent storage system.

3. Introduction to Networked Storage

Describe the evolution of networked storage
Describe the architecture, components, and topologies of FC-SAN, NAS, and IP-SAN
Describe the benefits of the different networked storage options
Understand the need for long-term archiving solutions and describe how CAS fulfills the needs
Understand the appropriateness of the different networked storage options for different application environments.

4. Information Availability

List reasons for planned / unplanned outages and the impact of downtime
Describe the impact of downtime
Differentiate between Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
Define RTO and RPO
Identify single points of failure in a storage infrastructure and list solutions to mitigate these failures
Describe the architecture of Backup/Recovery and the different Backup/Recovery topologies
Describe local replication technologies and their role in ensuring information availability and business continuity
Describe remote replication technologies and their role in providing disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities.

5. Managing and Monitoring

Identify key areas to monitor in a data center
Define industry standards for data center monitoring and management
List key metrics to monitor for different components in a storage infrastructure
List key management tasks in a data center.

6. Securing Storage and Storage Virtualization

Define information security
List the critical security attributes for information systems
Define storage security domains
List and analyze the common threats in each domain
Identify different virtualization technologies
Describe block-level and file-level virtualization technologies and processes.

Labs

The technologies described in the course are reinforced with EMC examples of actual solutions. Realistic case studies enable the participant to design the most appropriate solution for given sets of criteria.

Classroom Dates and Locations

Date	Location Details
Mar 8 - 12, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register
Mar 22 - 26, 2010	Dallas, TX	Register
Apr 19 - 23, 2010	Boston, MA	Register
May 17 - 21, 2010	Boston, MA	Register
May 17 - 21, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register
Jun 14 - 18, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register