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Section I Storage System





Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Storage

1.1 Information Storage

1.2 Evolution of Storage Architecture

1.3 Data Center Infrastructure

1.4 Virtualization and Cloud Computing





Chapter 2 Data Center Environment

2.1 Application

2.2 Database Management System (DBMS)

2.3 Host (Compute)

2.4 Connectivity

2.5 Storage

2.6 Disk Drive Components

2.7 Disk Drive Performance

2.8 Host Access to Data

2.9 Direct-Attached Storage

2.10 Storage Design Based on Application Requirements and Disk Performance

2.11 Disk Native Command Queuing

2.12 Introduction to Flash Drives

2.13 Concept in Practice: VMware ESXi





Chapter 3 Data Protection: RAID

3.1 RAID Implementation Methods

3.2 RAID Array Components

3.3 RAID Techniques

3.4 RAID Levels

3.5 RAID Impact on Disk Performance

3.6 RAID Comparison

3.7 Hot Spares





Chapter 4 Intelligent Storage Systems

4.1 Components of an Intelligent Storage System

4.2 Storage Provisioning

4.3 Types of Intelligent Storage Systems

4.4 Concepts in Practice: EMC Symmetrix and VNX





Section II Storage Networking Technologies





Chapter 5 Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks

5.1 Fibre Channel: Overview

5.2 The SAN and Its Evolution

5.3 Components of FC SAN

5.4 FC Connectivity

5.5 Switched Fabric Ports

5.6 Fibre Channel Architecture

5.7 Fabric Services

5.8 Switched Fabric Login Types

5.9 Zoning

5.10 FC SAN Topologies

5.11 Virtualization in SAN

5.12 Concepts in Practice: EMC Connectrix and EMC VPLEX





Chapter 6 IP SAN and FCoE

6.2 FCIP

6.3 FCoE





Chapter 7 Network-Attached Storage

7.1 General-Purpose Servers versus NAS Devices

7.2 Benefi ts of NAS

7.3 File Systems and Network File Sharing

7.4 Components of NAS

7.5 NAS I/O Operation

7.6 NAS Implementations

7.7 NAS File-Sharing Protocols

7.8 Factors Affecting NAS Performance

7.9 File-Level Virtualization

7.10 Concepts in Practice: EMC Isilon and EMC VNX Gateway





Chapter 8 Object-Based and Unified Storage

8.1 Object-Based Storage Devices

8.2 Content-Addressed Storage

8.3 CAS Use Cases

8.4 Unifi ed Storage

8.5 Concepts in Practice: EMC Atmos, EMC VNX, and EMC Centera





Section III Backup, Archive, and Replication





Chapter 9 Introduction to Business Continuity

9.1 Information Availability

9.2 BC Terminology

9.3 BC Planning Life Cycle

9.4 Failure Analysis

9.5 Business Impact Analysis

9.6 BC Technology Solutions

9.7 Concept in Practice: EMC PowerPath





Chapter 10 Backup and Archive

10.1 Backup Purpose

10.2 Backup Considerations

10.3 Backup Granularity

10.4 Recovery Considerations

10.5 Backup Methods

10.6 Backup Architecture

10.7 Backup and Restore Operations

10.8 Backup Topologies

10.9 Backup in NAS Environments

10.10 Backup Targets

10.11 Data Deduplication for Backup

10.12 Backup in Virtualized Environments

10.13 Data Archive

10.14 Archiving Solution Architecture

10.15 Concepts in Practice: EMC NetWorker, EMC Avamar, and EMC Data Domain





Chapter 11 Local Replication

11.1 Replication Terminology

11.2 Uses of Local Replicas

11.3 Replica Consistency

11.4 Local Replication Technologies

11.5 Tracking Changes to Source and Replica

11.6 Restore and Restart Considerations

11.7 Creating Multiple Replicas

11.8 Local Replication in a Virtualized Environment

11.9 Concepts in Practice: EMC TimeFinder, EMC SnapView, and EMC RecoverPoint





Chapter 12 Remote Replication

12.1 Modes of Remote Replication

12.2 Remote Replication Technologies

12.3 Three-Site Replication

12.4 Data Migration Solutions

12.5 Remote Replication and Migration in a Virtualized Environment

12.6 Concepts in Practice: EMC SRDF, EMC MirrorView, and EMC RecoverPoint





Section IV Cloud Computing





Chapter 13 Cloud Computing

13.1 Cloud Enabling Technologies

13.2 Characteristics of Cloud Computing

13.3 Benefi ts of Cloud Computing

13.4 Cloud Service Models

13.5 Cloud Deployment Models

13.6 Cloud Computing Infrastructure

13.7 Cloud Challenges

13.8 Cloud Adoption Considerations

13.9 Concepts in Practice: Vblock





Section V Securing and Managing Storage Infrastructure





Chapter 14 Securing the Storage Infrastructure

14.1 Information Security Framework

14.2 Risk Triad

14.3 Storage Security Domains

14.4 Security Implementations in Storage Networking

14.5 Securing Storage Infrastructure in Virtualized and Cloud Environments

14.6 Concepts in Practice: RSA and VMware Security Products





Chapter 15 Managing the Storage Infrastructure

15.1 Monitoring the Storage Infrastructure

15.2 Storage Infrastructure Management Activities

15.3 Storage Infrastructure Management Challenges

15.4 Developing an Ideal Solution

15.5 Information Lifecycle Management

15.6 Storage Tiering

15.7 Concepts in Practice: EMC Infrastructure Management Tools