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Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information in Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments, Second Edition

by EMC Education Services

May 2012

Intermediate to advanced

528 pages

12h 24m

English

Wiley

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1.1 Information Storage1.2 Evolution of Storage Architecture1.3 Data Center Infrastructure1.4 Virtualization and Cloud Computing1.5 Summary
2.1 Application2.2 Database Management System (DBMS)2.3 Host (Compute)2.4 Connectivity2.5 Storage2.6 Disk Drive Components2.7 Disk Drive Performance2.8 Host Access to Data2.9 Direct-Attached Storage2.10 Storage Design Based on Application Requirements and Disk Performance2.11 Disk Native Command Queuing2.12 Introduction to Flash Drives2.13 Concept in Practice: VMware ESXi2.14 Summary
3.1 RAID Implementation Methods3.2 RAID Array Components3.3 RAID Techniques3.4 RAID Levels3.5 RAID Impact on Disk Performance3.6 RAID Comparison3.7 Hot Spares3.8 Summary
4.1 Components of an Intelligent Storage System4.2 Storage Provisioning4.3 Types of Intelligent Storage Systems4.4 Concepts in Practice: EMC Symmetrix and VNX4.5 Summary
5.1 Fibre Channel: Overview5.2 The SAN and Its Evolution5.3 Components of FC SAN5.4 FC Connectivity5.5 Switched Fabric Ports5.6 Fibre Channel Architecture5.7 Fabric Services5.8 Switched Fabric Login Types5.9 Zoning5.10 FC SAN Topologies5.11 Virtualization in SAN5.12 Concepts in Practice: EMC Connectrix and EMC VPLEX5.13 Summary
6.1 iSCSI6.2 FCIP6.3 FCoE6.4 Summary
7.1 General-Purpose Servers versus NAS Devices7.2 Benefits of NAS7.3 File Systems and Network File Sharing7.4 Components of NAS7.5 NAS I/O Operation7.6 NAS Implementations7.7 NAS File-Sharing Protocols7.8 Factors Affecting NAS Performance7.9 File-Level Virtualization7.10 Concepts in Practice: EMC Isilon and EMC VNX Gateway7.11 Summary

8.1 Object-Based Storage Devices8.2 Content-Addressed Storage8.3 CAS Use Cases8.4 Unified Storage8.5 Concepts in Practice: EMC Atmos, EMC VNX, and EMC Centera8.6 Summary
9.1 Information Availability9.2 BC Terminology9.3 BC Planning Life Cycle9.4 Failure Analysis9.5 Business Impact Analysis9.6 BC Technology Solutions9.7 Concept in Practice: EMC PowerPath9.8 Summary
10.1 Backup Purpose10.2 Backup Considerations10.3 Backup Granularity10.4 Recovery Considerations10.5 Backup Methods10.6 Backup Architecture10.7 Backup and Restore Operations10.8 Backup Topologies10.9 Backup in NAS Environments10.10 Backup Targets10.11 Data Deduplication for Backup10.12 Backup in Virtualized Environments10.13 Data Archive10.14 Archiving Solution Architecture10.15 Concepts in Practice: EMC NetWorker, EMC Avamar, and EMC Data Domain10.16 Summary
11.1 Replication Terminology11.2 Uses of Local Replicas11.3 Replica Consistency11.4 Local Replication Technologies11.5 Tracking Changes to Source and Replica11.6 Restore and Restart Considerations11.7 Creating Multiple Replicas11.8 Local Replication in a Virtualized Environment11.9 Concepts in Practice: EMC TimeFinder, EMC SnapView, and EMC RecoverPoint11.10 Summary
12.1 Modes of Remote Replication12.2 Remote Replication Technologies12.3 Three-Site Replication12.4 Data Migration Solutions12.5 Remote Replication and Migration in a Virtualized Environment12.6 Concepts in Practice: EMC SRDF, EMC MirrorView, and EMC RecoverPoint12.7 Summary
13.1 Cloud Enabling Technologies13.2 Characteristics of Cloud Computing13.3 Benefits of Cloud Computing13.4 Cloud Service Models13.5 Cloud Deployment Models13.6 Cloud Computing Infrastructure13.7 Cloud Challenges13.8 Cloud Adoption Considerations13.9 Concepts in Practice: Vblock13.10 Summary
14.1 Information Security Framework14.2 Risk Triad14.3 Storage Security Domains14.4 Security Implementations in Storage Networking14.5 Securing Storage Infrastructure in Virtualized and Cloud Environments14.6 Concepts in Practice: RSA and VMware Security Products14.7 Summary
15.1 Monitoring the Storage Infrastructure15.2 Storage Infrastructure Management Activities15.3 Storage Infrastructure Management Challenges15.4 Developing an Ideal Solution15.5 Information Lifecycle Management15.6 Storage Tiering15.7 Concepts in Practice: EMC Infrastructure Management Tools15.8 Summary
Random and SequentialReads and WritesI/O Request Size
SCSI Standards FamilySCSI Client-Server ModelParallel SCSI Addressing
Exercise 1Exercise 2
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Content preview from Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information in Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments, Second Edition

Part I

Storage System

In This Section

Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Storage

Chapter 2: Data Center Environment

Chapter 3: Data Protection: RAID

Chapter 4: Intelligent Storage Systems

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