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SAN and Storage Fundamentals (SFUN)

 

Who should attend

Entry level storage technicians who need an overview of the structure and concepts of modern storage technologies.

Prerequisites

Networking & TCP/IP Fundamentals (NWF) and Troubleshooting TCP/IP Fundamentals (TTCP) or similar knowledge of networking technologies.

Course Objectives

This course gives an overview of the design and concepts of storage technology as well as covering vendor specific features and protocols.

Course Content

Storage Media
  • Storage Tiers
  • Storage Media
  • When to choose what…
  • Tiering
  • Efficiency
Storage Access Protocols
  • Topologies: DAS, NAS, SAN
  • DAS: Direct Attached Storage
  • SAN: Storage Area Networks
  • SCSI: The Command Set
  • FC: Transport Medium
  • FCP: Client Protocol
  • Ethernet: Transport Medium
  • FCoE: Client Protocol
  • iSCSI: Client Protocol
  • NVMe / NVMe-oF: Modern SCSI replacement
  • NAS: Network Attached Storage
  • NFS: Client Protocol
  • SMB/CIFS: Client Protocol
  • Unified Storage
  • Gateway
  • Object Storage / Cloud
  • S3 (Amazon)
Backup Disaster Recovery Archive
  • Business Continuity (BC)
  • Disaster Recovery (DR)
  • High Availability (HA)
  • Backup
  • Archive
Security Monitoring Management
  • Why is Security Important?
  • Secure Multi-Tenancy
  • Monitoring
  • Management
  • Datacenter Provisioning Challenges
Vendor Comparison
  • Caveat
  • SAN / NAS / Unified Storage
  • Integrated Stacks
Online Training

Duration 5 days

Price (excl. tax)
  • US$ 2,895
Dates and Booking
Classroom Training

Duration 5 days

Price (excl. tax)
  • Egypt: US$ 2,895
Dates and Booking

Schedule

English
2 hours difference
Online Training This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Online Training This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Online Training This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Online Training This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered both virtually and in the classroom. All FLEX courses are also Instructor-led Online Trainings (ILO).
Date on request
Location on request
Africa
Egypt
Cairo Course language: English
Cairo Course language: English
Cairo Course language: English
Cairo Course language: English
Middle East
Qatar
Doha Course language: English
Doha Course language: English
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Course language: English
Riyadh Course language: English
United Arab Emirates
Dubai This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Dubai This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Dubai This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
Dubai This is an English language FLEX course.
Time zone: Gulf Standard Time (GST)
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered both virtually and in the classroom. All FLEX courses are also Instructor-led Online Trainings (ILO).