Introduction to Storage (SS01G)

PT16798
Training Summary
Data is growing faster in massive stages than ever before, as new data is created every second by big data analytics, mobile devices and social applications. At the rate at which data is increased, businesses of all sizes — large or small — are faced with challenges like capacity growth, performance impact, and day-to-day management of maintaining and retaining the accuracy of data in the either the data centers or the cloud. To meet the needs of businesses and innovated devices, IBM offers a robust and cognitive solution of storage systems designed to analyze massive amounts of data. IBM Storage solutions provide the speed and performance of ready data access with the agility and efficiency of hybrid cloud and software-defined storage. More importantly, product solutions that connect data across any architecture, helping businesses to face challenges head on while reducing total cost of ownership. Introduction to Storage, SS01, is a fundamental course for the IBM Storage portfolio of products. This course will cover basic elements of storage concepts and storage solutions, RAID technology, and connectivity. This course will also cover the concept of high availability and business continuity planning for disaster recovery as well as discuss the concept of storage virtualization and its many benefits. In addition, this course will highlight the IBM Storage system solutions of disks, flash systems and tape designed for all types of business needs. We also cover the SAN family to help maintain continuity, and IBM Spectrum Suite of software for managing data storage include storage solutions for the Cloud. There are no labs for this course.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Duration
3 Days/Lecture & Lab
Audience
Participants of this course will include personnel who have the desire to learn about storage and IBM related storage products.
Course Topics
  • Course Overview
  • Essentials of storage
  • Data Protection and High Availability
  • Storage Virtualization
  • IBM System Storage Disk Systems and Flash Based Systems
  • IBM System Storage Tape Systems
  • IBM System Storage SAN Family Overview
  • IBM Storage and Cloud
  • IBM Spectrum Storage

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