Information Availability Design and Management (STSP2)

This course is intended for

• Individuals who have a foundation knowledge of storage technologies, working in any storage environment, including storage managers and administrators, database and network administrators, and project managers.
• IT professionals who want to build their career in the storage industry.
• Faculties/instructors from EMC Academic Alliance (EAA)/ EMC Learning Partner (ELP) organizations.
• Individual who are seeking EMC Proven™ Professional Storage Technologist Specialist level certification.

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a basic understanding of the Storage technologies. The student must have an understanding of computers, operating systems, networking and databases. Ideally the student must possess Information Storage and Management Associate certification (E20-001). A list of specific prerequisite courses can be found in EMC Education Services Learning Management System.

Information Availability Design and Management is the second of the two courses in the Storage Technologist track (EMCST) at the specialist level. The course provides a comprehensive coverage on all aspects of planning, designing and managing Information Availability solutions. In addition to providing the required technical exposure to Backup and Recovery, Local and Remote replication, NAS Business Continuity, and Data Archiving, the course also covers the design and implementation of the appropriate solution based on availability requirements. This course builds on the technology concepts and principles learned in ISM (prerequisite) and help participants to apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios. Lectures and work-shop style case studies provide a thorough exposure to the technology components, design considerations, and best practices on various aspects of Information Availability.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe and establish an Information Availability infrastructure.
• Describe the technology components, considerations for designing, deploying, and managing a Backup and Recovery solution.
• Describe the technology components, considerations for designing, deploying, and managing local and remote replication solutions.
• Describe the technology components, considerations for designing, deploying, and managing a Network Attached Storage (NAS) business continuity solution.
• Describe the considerations for backup and replication in virtualized environment.
• Describe the technology components, considerations for designing, deploying, and managing Data Archiving solutions.

This course is organized into Sections, Modules, and Lessons. The following sections are covered in this course:

Section 1: Introduction to Information Availability

• Framework for Information Availability
• Establishing Information Availability
• Case study on establishing an Information Availability

Section 2: Designing Backup/Recovery Solution

• Technology elements and components of Backup and Recovery solutions
• Considerations for developing and deploying a Backup and Recovery solution
• Backup in virtualized environment
• Implementing, and managing a Backup and Recovery environment
• Case study on Backup/Recovery Design

Section 3: Designing Replication Solution

• Replication planning and considerations
• Local Replication design considerations
• Considerations for designing local replication solutions
• Considerations for restoring or recovering from local replicas
• Remote Replication design considerations
• Designing remote replication solutions
• Considerations for disaster recovery using remote replicas
• Connectivity options for remote replication
• Other Remote Replication technologies
• Three-site remote replication
• SAN-based remote replication
• Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technologies
• NAS replication technologies
• Replication in virtualized environment
• Case studies on designing, developing, and deploying local and remote replication solutions

Section 4: Designing Data Archiving Solutions

• Data archiving technologies CAS Design and Implementation
• CAS design considerations
• Network considerations for CAS design
• Application design considerations for CAS
• Considerations when selecting an archive solution
• Implementation of CAS in an ILM based archive solution

Case studies and examples of technology and solutions

The technologies described in the course are reinforced with examples of actual solutions. Realistic case studies enable the participant to design the most appropriate solution for given sets of criteria.

Assessments

Assessments validate that you have learned the knowledge or skills presented during a learning experience. This course includes self assessment quizzes at the end of each section, a practice test and an associated Storage Technology Specialist exam (E20-012).