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Flexible and redundant storage can solve many network problems, and storage area networks (SANs) provide the solution. In this class, you'll learn the range of current storage issues and settings and identify areas that provide tangible returns for an investment in storage networks. Along the way, you'll learn about SAN disks, host bus adapters, switches and management tools.
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- Identify specific risks and challenges in current storage network solutions
- Understand SAN components and services
- Explore SAN disk technologies and performance and how they provide redundancy
- Learn about the role of the host bus adapter and its components
- Understand SAN topologies and switches, and determine the best ways to interconnect storage network components
- Learn how to manage and administer SAN systems, including configuring ports, designating zones, masking LUNs and using policy-based tools
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In this first lesson, you'll learn the role of storage network solutions in adapting your organization's network from a patchwork quilt of single-purpose servers to an interwoven fabric of storage resources.
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Lesson 2: Exploring virtual storage
In this lesson, you learn what virtual storage is and discover its benefits. You also learn how using an all-in-one solution can help you get started quickly and easily and review migration and upgrade paths for moving your data.
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Lesson 3: Understanding SAN disk solutions
In this lesson, you'll delve into the technologies behind SANs. You'll learn about data protection with redundant drives and data backup, as well as performance implications in designing a SAN.
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Lesson 4: Discovering SAN controllers, cables and connectors
SANs are made up of two main components: storage devices, in the form of disk and tape drives, and networking components, which include adapters, cables and switches. In this lesson, you learn about the networking components of a SAN.
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Lesson 5: Exploring topologies and switches
This lesson focuses on ways to interconnect storage network components. You'll learn about topologies and the role of switches and the services they provide. You'll also delve into more detail on the switches that tie a SAN together.
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Lesson 6: Managing and administering SAN software
SAN systems require management to keep them running smoothly. This lesson covers using management software, zones, policy-based tools and LUN masking to ensure your SAN is secure and functioning efficiently.
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» Diane Barrett
Diane Barrett is an instructor, technical reviewer, and trainer who works at Remington College in Tempe, Arizona, where she's spent two years teaching in the Computer Networking program. Diane currently holds CISSP, MCSE, CCNA, CompTIA A+, Net+, Inet+, and Security + certifications and has been instrumental in formulating a unique security program that may be taught at the local campus of the college. Previously she taught at another technical college and spent seven years working in a software development environment. She's also the president of NextGard Technology LLC, which specializes in security awareness training and consulting. The company focuses on helping businesses attain success through proper security. In her spare time, Diane enjoys bowling and playing in the park with her two Labrador Retrievers.
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SAN
Very helpful to understand SAN and its impplimentation processes & procedures!
Nov 16, 2009
(Edited about 7 days ago)
Nice
Quite good.
Thanks.
Intro to Storage Networks
You may want to add a related topic, migrating from DAS/NAS to SAN.
SAN Course
very informative
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