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Training Overview
What You’ll Learn:• Considerationsformakingstoragedecisionstodayandinthefuture• Strategiestoestablishrequirementsforstorageneeds• Gainin-depthknowledgeofstorageandvirtualization• InitiativesinITforoptimizingtheDataCenter• IndustrytrendssuchasBigDataAnalytics,ObjectandSolidState
Storage
Who Should Attend:Individualsinvolvedinmakingstoragesystemsandstrategydecisions,andanyoneseekinganin-depthandhighlyapplicableunderstandingoftoday’sstorageindustry.
Training Environment:• Livelyinteractionwithinstructorsandpeersinagroupsetting• Unbiasedobjectiveinsightfromindustryleadingexperts• Participateindetaileddiscussionsofstoragearchitectures,including:
networking,virtualization,datamanagement,andcloudcomputing• GainaccesstoEvaluatorGroup’suniquetools(suchasour
ComparisonMatrices)andin-depthknowledgeofstoragetechnology
“It takes incredible effort to tailor education that hits home for end users, manufacturers, distributors and resellers in the same training session, and Evaluator Group has figured it out! ” –Reseller Attendee from September 2013 class
Optimizing Storage Environments: Technologies and Systems
Instructors
Leah Schoeb
Randy Kerns
Russ Fellows
John Webster
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Evaluator Series™ Advanced Storage Education - Optimizing Storage Environments: Technologies and Systems
Day 1: Development of Strategy and Understanding the TechnologiesOn this first day, students will develop the skills to architect and manage the development of a storage strategy. The second half covers new technologies that are transforming and optimizing storage.
What are the major challenges in IT today
How to meet the demands of IT
Efficiency and Optimization
The transformation of IT
Developing a Storage Strategy
Information Centric View
Storage as a Major Component
Economic Measures
Technologies for Information Storage and Management
Block vs File vs Object Storage
Scale Up vs. Scale Out Storage
Storage Pooling & Thin Provisioning
Storage Networking Technologies
Solid State Technology
Tiered Storage
Data Reduction Technologies
Deduplication
Compression
Data Availability
Data protection
Replication
Forward Error Correction
Archiving
Storage and Infrastructure Management
Impact of Virtualization on storage
Day 2: VirtualizationAfter the second day, students will have a thorough understanding of what Virtualization is, the economics of utilizing Virtualization technologies, the various architectures available, and what they can expect the interface layer to look like.
VMware vSphere Basics
Hyper-V Basics
Virtualization Layer Architecture
ESXi Layout
Virtual Datacenter Architecture
Distributed Services
Virtual Machine Architecture
vCPU
Memory Management Hierarchy
Network Architecture
Storage Architecture
Life of an IO
Management Architecture
Interface Layer
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Evaluator Series™ Advanced Storage Education - Optimizing Storge Environments: Technologies and Systems
Day 3: Deep Dive Into the Products and Their CapabilitiesThis day reviews the top vendor products and capabilities. Students will gain a strong grasp, not only on their needs, but also which solutions will address their strategy.
Block - Based Storage
Product Descriptions
Advanced features and abilities
Strengths and Potential Concerns
Storage Virtualization Products
Product Descriptions
Advanced Features
Strengths and Potential Concerns
File - Based Storage
Product Descriptions
Advanced Features
Strengths and Potential Concerns
Storage Management and Performance
Goals
Management Elements
SRM - Products
Solid State Storage Systems
Product Descriptions
Strengths and Potential Concerns
Object Storage Systems
Product Descriptions
Strengths & Potential Concerns
Products to be Covered (subject to change)High End Block Mid Range Block File-Based Storage (NAS)
EMC VMAX
HP 3PAR StoreServ
HDS VSP
IBM DS8000
IBM XIV
NetApp FAS 6XXX
Data Direct Networks
Fujitsu DX8700
Dell Compellent
Dell EqualLogic
EMC VNX
Fujitsu DX600, DX500
HDS HUS, HUSVM
HP StoreVirtual
IBM V7000, V5000, V3700
IBM DS3500/DCS3860
NetApp FAS 3000
NetApp E550
HDS - HNAS
Dell FS7600/FS8600
EMC Isilon
EMC VNX
IBM Sonas/V7000U
NetApp
Microsoft WSS-Based
ZFS-Based
SAN Virtualization Solid State Storage Object Storage
DataCore
SanSymphony
EMC VPLEX
EMC VMAX
HDS VSP
IBM SVC / V7000
NetApp V-Series
Astute Networks NetApp
IBM Flash System HP
PureStorage HDS
Fusion IO (NexGen)
Nimble
Nimbus
Tegile
Tintri
Violin
Whiptail (Cisco)
Amplidata
Cleversafe
DDN WOS
EMC Atmos and Centera
HDS HCP
HP StoreAll
Scality
Quantum Lattus
NetApp StorageGRID