Introduction to Storage

This course covers basic data storage concepts and IBM solutions in this space. You will learn RAID, SAN connectivity, high availability, business continuity planning for disaster recovery, storage virtualization, cloud storage and more. You will learn all about IBM Storage products (disks, flash, tape, SAN switches and directors) and the IBM Spectrum suite of software for accessing and managing on and off premises data storage. 

Objective

• Upon completion of this course you should be able to:
• Recall the essentials of disk storage
• Outline the continuity plans to maintain high availability and data protection in storage solutions
• Restate the concepts of the storage virtualization
• Differentiate the types of the hybrid and all-flash storage solutions
• Compare the types of the tape storage solutions
• Distinguish between storage connectivity options
• Differentiate between the features of the Spectrum Storage Suite of software
• Clarify the various cloud storage considerations

• Unit 1: Essentials of storage 
• Unit 2: Data protection and high availability 
• Unit 3: Storage virtualization 
• Unit 4: IBM Spectrum Storage - SDS 
• Unit 5: IBM Spectrum Storage - management and protection 
• Unit 6: IBM Storage disk and flash based systems
• Unit 7: IBM Storage tape systems 
• Unit 8: IBM Storage SAN family overview 
• Unit 9: IBM Storage and cloud

• Typical students may include: 
• Customers Technical IBM personnel  
• Business Partner technical personnel  
• IT consultants and architects

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