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CAP663

The course CAP663 focuses on Information Storage and Management, covering topics such as virtual servers, data protection strategies, and storage networking technologies. Students will learn about various storage systems, RAID implementations, and business continuity planning. The course includes practical applications and management of storage infrastructure, supported by recommended textbooks and references.

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CAP663

The course CAP663 focuses on Information Storage and Management, covering topics such as virtual servers, data protection strategies, and storage networking technologies. Students will learn about various storage systems, RAID implementations, and business continuity planning. The course includes practical applications and management of storage infrastructure, supported by recommended textbooks and references.

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CAP663:INFORMATION STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT

L:3 T:0 P:0 Credits:3

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

CO1 :: understand virtual servers and storage between remote locations

CO2 :: apply different data protection strategies

CO3 :: analyze different storage networking technologies and virtualization

CO4 :: analyze storage infrastructure and management activities

Unit I
Information storage and Management : Information Storage, Evolution of Storage Technology
and Architecture, Key challenges in Managing Information, Information Lifecycle
Storage System Environment : Components of Storage System Environment, Disk Drive
Components, Disk Drive Performance, Logical components of the Host
Unit II
Data Protection : RAID Implementation, RAID Array Components, RAID Levels 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and
RAID levels Comparison
Intelligent Storage System : Components of Intelligent Storage System, Intelligent Storage Array

Unit III
Direct Attached Storage : DAS and its Types, Benefits and Limitations, Disk Drive Interfaces,
Introduction to Parallel SCSI
Storage Area Networks : Fibre Channel, Storage Area Networks and its Evolution, FC Connectivity,
Fibre Channel ports, Fibre Channel Architecture, Zoning and FC Topologies
Unit IV
Network Attached Storage : General purpose servers vs NAS devices, Benefits of NAS, NAS File
I/O, Components of NAS, NAS Implementations, File Sharing protocols, NAS I/O operations
Content Addressed Storage : Fixed content and archives, Types of archives, Features and benefits,
CAS Architecture, Object storage and retrieval
Unit V
Business Continuity : Information availability, Business Continuity terminology, Planning lifecycle,
Failure analysis, Business impact analysis and backup technologies
Backup and Recovery : Backup purpose, Backup consideration, Granularity, Recovery
considerations, Methods and process, Backup and restore operations, Backup topologies and
technologies
Unit VI
Local Replication : Source and target, Uses of local replicas, Data consistency, Local replication
technologies, Restore and restart considerations
Managing the Storage Infrastructure : Monitoring storage infrastructure, Storage management
activities, Management challenges, Developing an ideal solution

Text Books:
1. INFORMATION STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT by EMC EDUCATION SERVICES, G.
SOMASUNDARAM AND ALOK SRIVASTAVA, WILEY
References:
1. BUILDING STORAGE NETWORKS by MARC FARLEY, MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

2. STORAGE AREA NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS by MEETA GUPTA, PEARSON

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