Syllabus - Information Storage & Management (CSIT-702 (A))

Computer Science & Information Technology

Information Storage & Management (CSIT-702 (A))

VII-Semester

UNIT I

Introduction to Storage Technology

Data proliferation, evolution of various storage technologies, Overview of storage infrastructure components, Information Lifecycle Management, Data categorization.

UNIT II

Storage Systems Architecture

Intelligent disk subsystems overview, Contrast of integrated vs. modular arrays, Component architecture of intelligent disk subsystems, Disk physical structure components, properties, performance, and specifications, RAID levels & parity algorithms, hot sparing, Front end to host storage provisioning, mapping and operation.

UNIT III

Introduction to Networked Storage

JBOD, DAS, NAS, SAN & CAS evolution and comparison. Applications, Elements, connectivity, standards, management, security and limitations of DAS, NAS, CAS & SAN.

UNIT IV

Hybrid Storage solutions; Virtualization

Memory, network, server, storage & appliances. Data center concepts & requirements, Backup & Disaster Recovery: Principles Managing & Monitoring: Industry management standards (SNMP, SMI-S, CIM), standard framework applications, Key management metrics (Thresholds, availability, capacity, security, performance).

UNIT V

Information storage on cloud

Concept of Cloud, Cloud Computing, storage on Cloud, Cloud Vocabulary, Architectural Framework, Cloud benefits, Cloud computing Evolution, Applications & services on cloud, Cloud service providers and Models, Essential characteristics of cloud computing, Cloud Security and integration.

Course Objective

To introduce data creation, data storage, and data management in a business environment. To provide an overview of storage technologies and infrastructure components. To understand the concepts of data protection, fiber channel SAN, backup and recovery topologies, and cloud computing.

Course Outcome

["To understand the concept of information storage and data center environment.", "To understand data protection.", "To understand fiber channel SAN.", "To describe the different backup and recovery topologies and their role in providing disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities.", "To understand cloud computing."]

Practicals

  • Logging into and Navigating Navisphere Manager Lab

    Part 1: Logging into the Navisphere Manager Lab Exercise Part 2: Navigating the Navisphere Manager User Interface

  • Enable/Disable Navisphere Classic CLI and Configuring NTP

    Part 1: Enabling and Disabling Navisphere Classic CLI Part 2: Configuring NTP

  • Storage Management - Allocating and Assigning LUNs

    Part 1: Using the Storage Allocatation Wizard to assign LUNs. Part 2: Manually Bind LUNs.

  • Configuring SnapView Snapshots

  • Configuring SnapView Clones

  • Configuring Full and Incremental SANCopy

  • Creating Synchronous and Asynchronous

  • Expanding LUNs and Migrating LUNs

    Part 1: Expanding LUNs with Stripe Expansion Part 2: Expanding LUNs with Concatenation Expansion Part 3: Migrating LUNs

Reference Books

  • G. Somasundaram & Alok Shrivastava (EMC Education Services) editors; Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information; Wiley India.

  • Ulf Troppens, Wolfgang Mueller-Friedt, Rainer Erkens, Rainer Wolafka, Nils Haustein; Storage Network explained : Basic and application of fiber channels, SAN, NAS, iSESI, INFINIBAND and FCOE, Wiley India.

  • John W. Rittinghouse and James F. Ransome; Cloud Computing : Implementation , Management and Security, CRC Press, Taylor Frances Pub.

  • Nick Antonopoulos, Lee Gillam; Cloud Computing : Principles, System & Application, Springer.

  • Anthony T. Velete, Toby J.Velk, and Robert Eltenpeter, Cloud Computing : A practical Approach, TMH Pub.

  • Saurabh , Cloud Computing : Insight into New Era I