Syllabus Storage Technologies - [CCS367] UNIT I STORAGE SYSTEMS Introduction to Information Storage : Digital data and its types, Information storage, Key characteristics of data center and Evolution of computing platforms. Information Lifecycle Management. Third Platform Technologies : Cloud computing and its essential characteristics, Cloud services and cloud deployment models, Big data analytics, Social networking and mobile computing, Characteristics of third platform infrastructure and Imperatives for third platform transformation. Data Center Environment: Building blocks of a data center, Compute systems and compute virtualization and Software-defined data center. (Chapter - 1) UNIT II INTELLIGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS AND RAID Components of an intelligent storage system, Components, addressing, and performance of hard disk drives and solid-state drives, RAID, Types of intelligent storage systems, Scale-up and scale-out storage Architecture. (Chapter - 2) UNIT III STORAGE NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES AND VIRTUALIZATION Block-Based Storage System, File-Based Storage System, Object-Based and Unified Storage. Fibre Channel SAN : Software-defined networking, FC SAN components and architecture, FC SAN topologies, link aggregation, and zoning, Virtualization in FC SAN environment. Internet Protocol SAN : iSCSI protocol, network components, and connectivity, Link aggregation, switch aggregation, and VLAN, FCIP protocol, connectivity, and configuration. Fibre Channel over Ethernet SAN : Components of FCoE SAN, FCoE SAN connectivity, Converged Enhanced Ethernet, FCoE architecture. (Chapter - 3) UNIT IV BACKUP, ARCHIVE AND REPLICATION Introduction to Business Continuity, Backup architecture, Backup targets and methods, Data deduplication, Cloud-based and mobile device backup, Data archive, Uses of replication and its characteristics, Compute based, storage-based, and network-based replication, Data migration, Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). (Chapter - 4) UNIT V SECURING STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE Information security goals, Storage security domains, Threats to a storage infrastructure, Security controls to protect a storage infrastructure, Governance, risk, and compliance, Storage infrastructure management functions, Storage infrastructure management processes. (Chapter - 5)
