Storage & Backup concepts
This course will help you to learn the fundamentals concepts of Information Storage and Management related to Storage Systems and Backup technologies.
What you’ll learn
- A complete information on Storage Technologies.
- Learn about the Storage Concepts, Topologies and Protocols.
- Understand the different Type of Storage such as DAS, NAS, SAN and Cloud Storage.
- Get to know important storage components and RAID Levels.
- Learn about NFS, CIFS, FC, FCoE etc.
- Learn about Importance of Backup and their granularity.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 5 lectures • 2hr 38min.
Requirements
This course will help you to learn the fundamentals concepts of Information Storage and Management related to Storage Systems and Backup technologies.
It gives a detailed overview of storage and backup terminologies, protocols and component information to help in getting started your career as Storage Administrator or as a Backup Administrator.
The course will be useful to anyone that is planning to start a career or have a fundamental understanding of Data storage and the new concepts in cloud storage.
In this course is divided into four lessons as below.
Lesson 1 – Storage
1. Introduction to Data Storage
2. Importance of Digital Data
3. Factors Driving Digital Transformation
4. Introduction to Cloud Computing
5. Benefits of Cloud Computing
6. Deployment Models
Lesson 2 – Storage Terminologies
1. Types of Storage
2. Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
3. Network Attached Storage (NAS)
4. Storage Area Network (SAN)
5. Storage Virtualization / HyperConverged
Lesson 3 – Storage System
1. Storage Array Components
2. What is a RAID
3. How it Works
4. Types of RAID
5. Pros & Cons
Lesson 4 – Backup Methods
1. Introduction to Backup
2. Granularity of Backup
3. Full Backup
4. Incremental Backup
5. Cumulative or Differential Backup
6. Synthetic Backup
7. Mirror Backup
8. Comparison of Backup Methods
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