IBM SS01G - Introduction to Storage

Course Outline

Unit 1: Course Overview
Unit 2: Essentials of storage
Unit 3: Data Protection and High Availability
Unit 4: Storage Virtualization
Unit 5: IBM System Storage Disk Systems and Flash Based Systems
Unit 6: IBM System Storage Tape Systems
Unit 7: IBM System Storage SAN Family Overview
Unit 8: IBM Storage and Cloud
Unit 9: IBM Spectrum Storage

Objective

Upon completion of this course you should be able to:

· Recall the essentials of disk storage

· Outline the continuity plans to maintain high availability and data protection in storage solutions

· Restate the concepts of the storage virtualization

· Differentiate the types of the hybrid and all-flash storage solutions

· Compare the types of the tape storage solutions

· Distinguish between storage connectivity options

· Differentiate between the features of the Spectrum Storage Suite of software

· Clarify the various cloud storage considerations

Key Topics

Unit 1: Essentials of storage
Unit 2: Data protection and high availability
Unit 3: Storage virtualization
Unit 4: IBM Spectrum Storage - SDS
Unit 5: IBM Spectrum Storage - management and protection
Unit 6: IBM Storage disk and flash based systems
Unit 7: IBM Storage tape systems
Unit 8: IBM Storage SAN family overview
Unit 9: IBM Storage and cloud