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 (ISM) is the only course of its kind to fill the knowledge gap in understanding varied components of modern storage infrastructure. It provides a comprehensive introduction to information storage technology that 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 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 information storage technology that 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 Information Storage and Management exam (E20-001).

What You'll Learn

Evaluate storage architectures, including storage subsystems, DAS, SAN, NAS, CAS
Backup, recovery, disaster recovery, business continuity, and replication
Examine emerging technologies including IP-SAN
Logical and physical components of an information storage infrastructure
Components of managing and monitoring the data center
Information security and different storage virtualization technologies

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Information Storage Technology

Review data creation and the amount of information being created and understand the value of information to a business
Challenges in information storage and management
Solutions available for information storage
Core elements of a Data Center infrastructure
Role of each element in supporting business activities

2. Storage Systems Architecture

Hardware and software components of the host environment
Key protocols and concepts used by each component
Physical and logical components of a connectivity environment
Major physical components of a disk drive and their function
Logical constructs of a physical disk, access characteristics, and performance implications
Concept of RAID and components
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
High-level architecture and working of an intelligent storage system

3. Networked Storage

Evolution of networked storage
Architecture, components, and topologies of FC-SAN, NAS, and IP-SAN
Benefits of the different networked storage options
Need for long-term archiving solutions and how CAS fulfills the needs
Appropriateness of the different networked storage options for different application environments

4. Business Continuity

Reasons for planned/unplanned outages
Impact of downtime
Differentiate between Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
RTO and RPO
Single points of failure in a storage infrastructure and solutions to mitigate these failures
Architecture of Backup/Recovery and the different Backup/Recovery topologies
Local replication technologies and their role in ensuring information availability and business continuity
Remote replication technologies and their role in providing disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities.

5. Managing and Monitoring the Data Center

Key areas to monitor in a data center
Industry standards for data center monitoring and management
Key metrics to monitor for different components in a storage infrastructure
Key management tasks in a data center

6. Securing Storage and Storage Virtualization

Information security
Critical security attributes for information systems
Storage security domains
Common threats in each domain
Different virtualization technologies
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
Sep 20 - 24, 2010	Boston, MA	Register
Oct 11 - 15, 2010	Boston, MA	Register
Nov 1 - 5, 2010	Chicago (Downtown), IL	Register
Nov 8 - 12, 2010	Boston, MA	Register
Nov 8 - 12, 2010	Raleigh, NC	Register
Nov 15 - 19, 2010	Santa Clara, CA	Register
Dec 13 - 17, 2010	Boston, MA	Register