UNIT I STORAGE SYSTEMS
characteristics of data center and Evolution of computing platforms. Information Lifecycle
Management. ***
Big data analytics, Social networking and mobile computing,
Characteristics of third platform infrastructure and Imperatives for third platform transformation.***
Building blocks of a data center, Compute systems and compute virtualization and Software-defined data center.
UNIT II INTELLIGENT STORAGE SYSTEMS AND RAID
Components, addressing, and performance of hard disk drives and solid-state drives, RAID**
Types of intelligent storage system
out storage Architecture.**
UNIT III STORAGE NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES AND VIRTUALIZATION
FC SAN
topologies, link aggregation, and zoning, Virtualization in FC SAN environment. Internet Protocol ***
1.SAN: iSCSI protocol, network components, and connectivity, Link aggregation, switch aggregationVLAN, FCIP protocol,
(Or)
2.Components of FCoE SAN, FCoE SAN connectivity, Converged Enhanced Ethernet, FCoE architecture. ***
UNIT IV BACKUP, ARCHIVE AND REPLICATION
Backup architecture, Backup targets and methods, Data **
Uses of replication and its characteristics
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). **
UNIT V SECURING STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
Storage security domains, Threats to a storage infrastructure, Security **
controls to protect a storage infrastructure, Governance, risk, and compliance**
Storage infrastructure management functions