Course Code: 18CS822
CIE Marks:40
Number of Contact Hours/Week: 3:0:0
SEE Marks: 60
Total Number of Contact Hours: 40
Exam Hours: 03
CREDITS –3
Course Learning Objectives: This course (18CS822) will enable students to:
Evaluate storage architectures,
Define backup, recovery, disaster recovery, business continuity, and replication
Examine emerging technologies including IP-SAN
Understand logical and physical components of a storage infrastructure
Identify components of managing and monitoring the data center
Define information security and identify different storage virtualization technologies
Storage System: Introduction to Information Storage: Information Storage, Evolution of Storage Architecture, Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization and Cloud Computing. Data Center Environment: Application Database Management System (DBMS), Host (Compute), Connectivity, Storage, Disk Drive Components,Disk Drive Performance, Host Access to Data, Direct-Attached Storage, Storage Design Based on Application
Textbook1 : Ch.1.1 to 1.4, Ch.2.1 to 2.10 RBT: L1, L2
Data Protection - RAID : RAID Implementation Methods, RAID Array Components, RAID Techniques, RAID Levels, RAID Impact on Disk Performance, RAID Comparison. Intelligent Storage Systems : Components of an Intelligent Storage System, Types of Intelligent Storage Systems. Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks - Fibre Channel: Overview, The SAN and Its Evolution, Components of FC SAN.
Textbook1 : Ch.3.1 to 3.6, Ch. 4.1, 4.3, Ch. 5.1 to 5.3 RBT: L1, L2
IP SAN and FCoE: iSCSI, FCIP, Network-Attached Storage: General-Purpose Servers versus NAS Devices,Benefi ts of NAS, File Systems and Network File Sharing, Components of NAS, NAS I/O Operation, NAS Implementations, NAS File-Sharing Protocols, Factors Affecting NAS Performance
Textbook1 : Ch.6.1, 6.2, Ch. 7.1 to 7.8 RBT: L1, L2
Introduction to Business Continuity: Information Availability, BC Terminology, BC Planning Life Cycle, Failure Analysis, Business Impact Analysis, BC Technology Solutions, Backup and Archive: Backup Purpose, Backup Considerations, Backup Granularity, Recovery Considerations, Backup Methods, Backup Architecture, Backup and Restore Operations, Backup Topologies, Backup in NAS Environments
Textbook1: Ch.9.1 to 9.6, Ch. 10.1 to 10.9 RBT: L1, L2
Local Replication: Replication Terminology, Uses of Local Replicas, Replica Consistency , Local Replication Technologies, Tracking Changes to Source and Replica, Restore and Restart Considerations, Creating Multiple Replicas. Remote Replication: Modes of Remote
Replication, Remote Replication Technologies. Securing the Storage Infrastructure: Information Security Framework, Risk Triad, Storage Security Domains. Security Implementations in Storage Networking
Textbook1 : Ch.11.1 to 11.7, Ch. 12.1, 12.2, Ch. 14.1 to 14.4
RBT: L1, L2
Course Outcomes: The student will be able to :
Identify key challenges in managing information and analyze different storage networking technologies and virtualization
Explain components and the implementation of NAS
Describe CAS architecture and types of archives and forms of virtualization
Illustrate the storage infrastructure and management activities
Question Paper Pattern:
The question paper will have ten questions.
Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Textbooks:
1. EMC Education Services, “Information Storage and Management”, Wiley India Publications, 2009. ISBN: 9781118094839
Reference Books:
1. Paul Massiglia, Richard Barker, "Storage Area Network Essentials: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Implementating SANs Paperback", 1st Edition, Wiley India Publications, 2008
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