Introduction to Storage Technology


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
To introduce the challenges presented by data management and differentiate between the key storage media, components, requirements, constraints, and solutions for managing data

Target Audience
The target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Introduction to Storage Technology

  • recognize how information availability can create a competitive advantage for a business and identify the advantages of networked storage for meeting the challenges of enterprise data management.
  • distinguish between the common storage media devices and the different models for connecting storage devices.
  • select a data storage solution to meet a given set of business requirements, in a given scenario.
  • identify the core elements of a data center infrastructure and their role in supporting business activities.
  • identify the requirements of storage systems for supporting business activities and recognize the challenges and constraints when managing the storage systems of a data center.
  • Course Number:
    240031_eng