EMC Proven Professional Storage Technologist Associate

This EMC training course allows you to quickly gain IT Storage knowledge and skills. The course covers topics such as Introduction to Storage Technology, Storage System Architecture, Physical Disks and RAID Arrays, Intelligent Storage Systems, Network Storage Systems, Fibre Channel Storage Attached Networks, IP SANs and Content Addressed Storage, Information Availability, Replication and Business Continuity, Monitoring and Managing the Data Centre, Securing Storage, and Storage Virtualisation Technologies. This allows students to gain the necessary in-depth knowledge relating the storage, and shows employers that you have the Professional level skills required to administer and maintain security of valuable IT data. Course Contents: Stage 1: Introduction to Storage Technology Stage 2: Storage System Architecture Stage 3: Physical Disks and RAID Arrays Stage 4: Intelligent Storage Systems Stage 5: Network Storage Systems Stage 6: Fiber Channel Storage Attached Networks Stage 7: IP SANs and Content Addressed Storage Stage 8: Information Availability Stage 9: Replication and Business Continuity Stage 10: Monitoring and Managing the Data Center Stage 11: Securing Storage Stage 12: Storage Virtualisation Technologies Course Code: NGX-1 Course Duration: 12 months Typical Study Hours: 30 - 40 hours Study Prerequisite: IT Professionals who wish to gain data and storage knowledge. Additional Information for Stage 1: Introduction to Storage Technology Recognise how information availability can create a competitive advantage for a business and identify the advantages of networked storage for meeting the challenges of enterprise data management Distinguish between the common storage media devices and the different models for connecting storage devices. Select a data storage solution to meet a given set of business requirements, in a given scenario. Identify the core elements of a data center infrastructure and their role in supporting business activities. Identify the requirements of storage systems for supporting business activities and recognize the challenges and constraints when managing the storage systems of a data center. Additional information for Stage 2: Storage System Architecture Recognise how data typically flows within the host environment of a storage system. Select the most appropriate communication protocol to connect a host to its internal storage, in a given scenario. Recognise the key physical and logical components that connect hosts to external storage. Distinguish between the physical and logical components of storage system environments and between the benefits and advantages of the IDE/ATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel storage interfaces. Additional information for Stage 3: Physical Disks and RAID Arrays Recognise the role of the key physical components and structures and the logical constructs for organising data on a disk. Recognise the factors that impact the performance of a disk drive and how disk drive reliability is determined. Differentiate between the physical components and the physical structures and logical constructs used to organise and provide access to data on hard disks. Identify the benefits of using a RAID set and differentiate between striping, mirroring, and parity. Select an appropriate configuration for a RAID set, in a given scenario. Determine the most appropriate fault tolerance solution for given scenarios. Additional information for Stage 4: Intelligent Storage Systems Distinguish between integrated and modular storage systems and between the physical and logical elements of an intelligent storage system. Recognise how cache operates in an intelligent storage system. Recognise the basic architecture and features of the EMC CLARiiON and EMC Symmetrix DMX series storage arrays. Recognise the architecture of an intelligent storage system and how the algorithms for managing cache can determine I/O flow through the storage system. Additional information for Stage 5: Network Storage Systems Recognise environments that would benefit from a DAS-based solution, and identify the physical components and connectivity options of DAS. Recognise how DAS is managed internally and externally, list the factors that affect DAS performance, and identify the limitations of a DAS storage solution. Identify the benefits and components of NAS, and recognise how file I/O requests are handled in a NAS environment. Differentiate between the issues involved in managing different types of NAS implementation, and identify the appropriate NAS implementation for a given scenario. Determine the appropriate NAS solution for a given enterprise scenario. Describe EMCs implementation of Network Attached Storage. Additional information for Stage 6: Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks Recognise the features, benefits, and components of a Fibre Channel SAN. Recognise the features of Fibre Channel and understand the role of fabric addressing and fabric logins in providing communication between nodes in a SAN. Distinguish between Fibre Channel topologies. Differentiate between Fibre Channel components and their role in the SAN architecture, and determine the appropriate SAN topology for a scenario. Recognise the activities and considerations involved in managing the SAN environment. Recognise considerations for implementing a SAN environment. Determine the appropriate Fibre Channel SAN storage solution for a given enterprise scenario. Distinguish between the advantages of EMC Connectrix Family Switches and Directors. Additional information for Stage 7: IP SANs and Content Addressed Storage Recognise the benefits of IP SAN and the three protocol options and deployment models for implementing IP SAN. Recognise the features and characteristics of the common protocols for implementing IP SANs. Identify common applications for IP SAN technology. Identify the features and benefits of Content Addressed Storage (CAS). Recognise the components and processes involved in storing and retrieving CAS data, and the business applications that can benefit from CAS-based solutions. Recognise the features of IP SANs and CAS. Recognise the criteria for an effective information archive and EMC Centeras features and capabilities as an information archiving solution. Additional information for Stage 8: Information Availability Recognise possible causes of downtime and distinguish between disaster recovery and disaster restart. Identify what's involved in business continuity planning and recognise how to resolve single points of failure to ensure data availability. Identify the key features of EMC PowerPath, and recognise how it achieves transparent recovery. Recognise components of the backup and recovery process and identify considerations for implementing a backup and recovery solution. Distinguish between backup and recovery types. Distinguish between backup topologies and media types, and recognise how to manage the backup process. Determine the appropriate backup and recovery strategy for a scenario. Recognise the capabilities of EMCs NetWorker backup and recovery solution. Additional information for Stage 9: Replication and Business Continuity Recognise the factors to be considered to ensure consistency when replicating file systems and databases. Recognise the features and functionality of host-based and array-based local replication technologies. Determine the most appropriate local replication technology for a given scenario, Recognise the functionality of the EMC TimeFinder/Mirror and SnapView local replication solutions. Recognise the advantages and disadvantages of different host-based remote replication technologies. Select the appropriate array-based remote replication solution for a scenario. Determine the most appropriate remote replication solution for a given scenario. Recognise the functionality of the SRDF/Synchronous and MirrorView/A remote replication solutions. Additional information for Stage 10: Monitoring and Managing the Data Center Recognise what's involved in monitoring the data center. Recognise the importance of end-to-end monitoring of the data center and understand the impact of component failures. Recognise the challenges involved in data center monitoring and describe the industry standards for monitoring and managing a data center. Recognise the architecture of the EMC ControlCenter and the roles of various components. Identify the component data center management tasks. Determine the individual tasks that need to be performed to meet the requirements of a given data center management scenario. Recognise what's involved in implementing an enterprise-wide ILM strategy. Identify a subset of data center management tasks that can be performed using EMC ControlCenter. Additional information for Stage 11: Securing Storage Identify the principles of security in a storage environment. Recognise different security controls and services. Describe the SNIA models. Identify threats and controls for application access security. Identify threats and controls for management access and BURA. Recognise EMC information security products and services. Identify security principles in a data storage environment. Additional information for Stage 12: Storage Virtualisation Technologies Identify the principles of virtualisation. Recognise the multi-level approach to storage virtualisation. Identify the four major challenges of storage virtualisation. Recognise in-band and out-of-band Virtualisation Architectures. Recognise the characteristics and benefits of block-level storage virtualisation. Describe file-level virtualisation technologies and functionality. Identify security principles in a data storage environment.