Network Storage Systems


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number



Overview/Description
To introduce the features and functionality of DAS and NAS, and recognize enterprise environments that would benefit from DAS-based and NAS-based storage solutions

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)
1.8

Lesson Objectives

Network Storage Systems

  • recognize environments that would benefit from a DAS-based solution, and identify the physical components and connectivity options of DAS.
  • recognize how DAS is managed internally and externally, list the factors that affect DAS performance, and identify the limitations of a DAS storage solution.
  • identify the benefits and components of NAS, and recognize how file I/O requests are handled in a NAS environment.
  • differentiate between the issues involved in managing different types of NAS implementation, and identify the appropriate NAS implementation for a given scenario.
  • determine the appropriate NAS solution for a given enterprise scenario.
  • describe EMC's implementation of Network Attached Storage.
  • Course Number:
    240062_eng