Everything You Wanted to Know
About Storage, but Were Afraid
to Ask
•Do you have a
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•Are you familiar
with RAID ?
RAID 0
• Data is striped across the HDDs in a RAID set
• The stripe size is specified at a host level for software
RAID and is vendor specific for hardware RAID
• When the number of drives in the array increases,
performance improves because more data can be read
or written simultaneously
• Used in applications that need high I/O throughput
• Does not provide data protection and availability in the
event of drive failures
RAID 1
• Mirroring is a technique whereby data is stored
on two different HDDs, yielding two copies of
data.
• In addition to providing complete data
redundancy, mirroring enables faster recovery
from disk failure.
• Mirroring involves duplication of data — the
amount of storage capacity needed is twice the
amount of data being stored. Therefore,
mirroring is considered expensive
• It is preferred for mission-critical applications
that cannot afford data loss
Nested RAID
• Mirroring can be implemented with striped RAID by
mirroring entire stripes of disks to stripes on other disks
• RAID 0+1 and RAID 1+0 combine the performance
benefits of RAID 0 with the redundancy benefits of RAID
1
• These types of RAID require an even number of disks,
the minimum being four.
• RAID 0+1 is also called mirrored stripe.
• This means that the process of striping data across
HDDs is performed initially and then the entire stripe is
mirrored.
Nested RAID
• RAID 1+0 is also called striped mirror
• The basic element of RAID 1+0 is that data is
first mirrored and then both copies of data are
striped across multiple HDDs in a RAID set
• Some applications that benefit from RAID 1+0
include the following:
• High transaction rate Online Transaction
Processing (OLTP),Database applications that
require high I/O rate, random access, and high
availability
RAID 3
• RAID 3 stripes data for high performance
and uses parity for improved fault
tolerance.
• Parity information is stored on a dedicated
drive so that data can be reconstructed if a
drive fails
• RAID 3 is used in applications that involve
large sequential data access, such as
video streaming.
RAID 4
• Stripes data across all disks except the
parity disk at the block level
• Parity information is stored on a dedicated
disk
• Unlike RAID 3 , data disks can be
accessed independently so that specific
data elements can be read or written on a
single disk without read or write of an
entire stripe
RAID 5
• RAID 5 is a very versatile RAID implementation
• The difference between RAID 4 and RAID 5 is the parity
location.
• RAID 4, parity is written to a dedicated drive, while In
RAID 5, parity is distributed across all disks
• The distribution of parity in RAID 5 overcomes the write
bottleneck.
• RAID 5 is preferred for messaging, medium-performance
media serving, and relational database management
system (RDBMS) implementations in which database
administrators (DBAs) optimize data access
RAID 6
• RAID 6 works the same way as RAID 5 except that RAID
6 includes a second parity element
• This enable survival in the event of the failure of two
disks in a RAID group.
• RAID-6 protects against two disk failures by maintaining
two parities
Hot Spare
• A hot spare refers to a spare HDD in a RAID array that
temporarily replaces a failed HDD of a RAID set.
• When the failed HDD is replaced with a new HDD, The
hot spare replaces the new HDD permanently, and a
new hot spare must be configured on the array, or data
from the hot spare is copied to it, and the hot spare
returns to its idle state, ready to replace the next failed
drive.
• A hot spare should be large enough to accommodate
data from a failed drive.
• Some systems implement multiple hot spares to improve
data availability.
• A hot spare can be configured as automatic or user
initiated, which specifies how it will be used in the event
of disk failure
What is an Intelligent Storage System
• Intelligent Storage Systems are RAID arrays that are:
Highly optimized for I/O processing
Have large amounts of cache for improving I/O
performance
Have operating environments that provide:
– Intelligence for managing cache
– Array resource allocation
– Connectivity for heterogeneous hosts
– Advanced array based local and remote replication
options
Components of an Intelligent
Storage System
• An intelligent storage system consists of
four key components: front end, cache,
back end, and physical disks.
Components of an Intelligent
Storage System
•
•
•
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The front end provides the interface between the storage system and the host.
It consists of two components: front-end ports and front-end controllers
The front-end ports enable hosts to connect to the intelligent storage system, and has
processing logic that executes the appropriate transport protocol, such as SCSI,
Fibre Channel, or iSCSI, for storage connections
Front-end controllers route data to and from cache via the internal data bus. When
cache receives write data, the controller sends an acknowledgment
Components of an Intelligent
Storage System
• Controllers optimize I/O
processing by using
command queuing
algorithms
• Command queuing is a
technique implemented on
front-end controllers
• It determines the execution
order of received
commands and can reduce
unnecessary drive head
movements and improve
disk performance
Intelligent Storage System: Cache
• Cache is an important component that enhances the I/O
performance in an intelligent storage system.
• Cache improves storage system performance by isolating hosts
from the mechanical delays associated with physical disks, which
are the slowest components of an intelligent storage system.
Accessing data from a physical disk usually takes a few milliseconds
• Accessing data from cache takes less than a millisecond. Write data
is placed in cache and then written to disk
Cache Data Protection
• Cache mirroring: Each write to cache is held in
two different memory locations on two
independent memory cards
• Cache vaulting: Cache is exposed to the risk of
uncommitted data loss due to power failure
• using battery power to write the cache content to
the disk storage vendors use a set of physical
disks to dump the contents of cache during
power failure
Intelligent Storage System: Back End
• It consists of two components: back-end ports and back-end
controllers
• Physical disks are connected to ports on the back end.
• The back end controller communicates with the disks when
performing reads and writes and also provides additional, but
limited, temporary data storage.
• The algorithms implemented on back-end controllers provide error
detection and correction, along with RAID functionality. Controller
• Multiple controllers also facilitate load balancing
Intelligent Storage System:
Physical Disks
• Disks are connected to the back-end with
either SCSI or a Fibre Channel interface
What is LUNs
• Physical drives or groups of RAID protected drives can
be logically split into volumes known as logical volumes,
commonly referred to as Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs)
High-end Storage Systems
• High-end storage systems,
referred to as active-active
arrays, are generally aimed at
large enterprises for
centralizing corporate data
• These arrays are designed
with a large number of
controllers and cache memory
• An active-active array implies
that the host can perform I/Os
to its LUNs across any of the
available Paths
Midrange Storage Systems
• Also referred as Active-passive arrays
• Host can perform I/Os to LUNs only
through active paths
• Other paths remain passive till active
path fails
• Midrange array have two controllers,
each with cache, RAID controllers and
disks drive interfaces
• Designed for small and medium
enterprises
• Less scalable as compared to high-end
array
CLARiiON Whiteboard Video
DAS
DAS
Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)
• storage connects directly to servers
• applications access data from DAS using
block-level access protocols
• Examples:
• internal HDD of a host,
• tape libraries, and
• directly connected external HDD
DAS
Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)
• DAS is classified as internal or external, based on
the location of the storage device with respect to
the host.
• Internal DAS: storage device internally
connected to the host by a serial or parallel bus
• distance limitations for high-speed connectivity
• can support only a limited number of devices,
and
• occupy a large amount of space inside the
host
DAS
Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)
• External DAS: server connects directly to the
external storage device
• usually communication via SCSI or FC
protocol.
• overcomes the distance and device count
limitations of internal DAS, and
• provides centralized management of
storage devices.
DAS Benefits
• Ideal for local data provisioning
• Quick deployment for small environments
• Simple to deploy
• Reliability
• Low capital expense
• Low complexity
DAS Connectivity Options
• host  storage device communication via
protocols
•ATA/IDE and SATA – Primarily for internal bus
• SCSI
– Parallel (primarily for internal bus)
– Serial (external bus)
• FC – High speed network technology
DAS Connectivity Options
• protocols are implemented on the
HDD controller
• a storage device is also known by
the name of the protocol it supports
DAS Management
• LUN creation, filesystem layout, and
data addressing
•Internal – Host (or 3rd party software)
provides:
• Disk partitioning (Volume
management)
• File system layout
DAS Management
• External
– Array based management
– Lower TCO for managing
data and storage Infrastructure
DAS Challenges
• limited scalability
• Number of connectivity ports to hosts
• Number of addressable disks
• Distance limitations
•For internal DAS, maintenance requires
downtime
• Limited ability to share resources (unused
resources cannot be easily re-allocated)
– Array front-end port, storage space
– Resulting in islands of over and
under utilized storage pools
Introduction to SCSI
•SCSI–3 is the latest version of SCSI
SCSI Architecture
Primary commands
common to all devices
SCSI Architecture
Standard rules for device
communication and information sharing
SCSI Architecture
Interface details such as electrical signaling
methods and data transfer modes
SCSI Device Model
• SCSI initiator device
– Issues commands to SCSI target
devices
– Example: SCSI host adaptor
SCSI Device Model
• SCSI target device
– Executes commands issued by
initiators
– Examples: SCSI peripheral devices
SCSI Device Model
• Device requests contain
Command Descriptor Block (CDB)
SCSI Device Model
• CDB structure
– 8 bit structure
– defines the command to be executed
– contains operation code, command specific
parameter and control parameter
SCSI Addressing
a number from 0 to 15
with the most common
value being 7
SCSI Addressing
a number from 0 to 15
SCSI Addressing
a number that specifies a
device addressable
through a target
SCSI Addressing Example
controller
target
device
Areas Where DAS Fails
• Just-in-time information to business users
• Integration of information infrastructure with
business processes
• Flexible and resilient storage architecture
The Solution?
• Storage Networking
• FC SAN
• NAS
• IP SAN
What is a
SAN ?
• Dedicated high speed
network of servers and
shared storage devices
• Provide block level data
access
What is a
SAN ?
• Resource Consolidation
– Centralized storage
and management
• Scalability
– Theoretical limit:
Appx. 15 million devices
• Secure Access
Fibre Channel
Latest FC
implementations
support 8Gb/s
Fibre Channel
a high-speed network
technology that runs
on high-speed optical
fiber cables (for frontend SAN connectivity)
Fibre Channel
and serial copper
cables (for back-end
disk connectivity)
FC SAN Evolution
Components of SAN
• three basic components:
• servers,
• network infrastructure, and
•storage,
• can be further broken down into the following
key elements:
• node ports,
• cabling,
• interconnecting devices (such as FC
switches or hubs),
• storage arrays, and
• SAN management software
Components of SAN:
Node ports
• Examples of nodes
– Hosts, storage and tape library
• Ports are available on:
– HBA in host– Front-end adapters in storage
– Each port has transmit (Tx) link and receive (Rx)
link
• HBAs perform lowlevel interface
functions automatically
to minimize impact on
host performance
Components of SAN:
Cabling
• Copper cables for short distance
• Optical fiber cables for long distance
– Single-mode
• Can carry single beams of light
• Distance up to 10 KM
– Multi-mode
• Can carry multiple beams of light
simultaneously
• Distance up to 500 meters
Components of SAN:
Cabling
Components of SAN:
Cabling (connectors)
Node Connectors:
• SC Duplex Connectors
• LC Duplex Connectors
Patch panel Connectors:
• ST Simplex Connectors
Components of SAN:
Interconnecting devices
– Hubs
– Switches and
– Directors
Components of SAN:
Storage array
• storage consolidation
and centralization
• provides
– High
Availability/Redundancy
– Performance
– Business
Continuity – Multiple
host connect
Components of SAN: SAN
management software
• A suite of tools used in a SAN to manage the
interface between host and storage arrays
• Provides integrated management of SAN
environment
• Web based GUI or CLI
SAN Interconnectivity
Options: FC-AL
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)
– Devices must arbitrate to gain control
– Devices are connected via hubs
– Supports up to 127 devices
SAN Interconnectivity
Options: FC-SW
Fabric connect (FC-SW)
– Dedicated bandwidth between devices
– Support up to 15 million devices
– Higher availability than hubs
Network-Attached
Storage
Think "File Sharing"
Sharing Files
Sharing Files
2.2 GB
4 GB
Sharing Files
Sharing Files
Sharing Files
What is NAS?
What is NAS?
• IP-based file sharing device attached to
LAN
• Server consolidation
• File-level data access and sharing
Why NAS?
dedicated to file-serving
Benefits of NAS
•Support comprehensive access to information
•Improves efficiency and flexibility
•Centralizes storage
•Simplifies management
•Scalability
•High availability – through native clustering
•Provides security integration to environment (user
authentication and authorization)
CPU and
Memory
NICs
file sharing
protocols
IP network
NAS OS
storage protocols (ATA, SCSI,
or FC)
Benefits:
•Increases performance
throughput (service level)
to end users
•Minimizes investment in
additional servers
•Provides storage pooling
•Provides heterogeneous
file servings
•Uses existing
infrastructure, tools, and
processes
Benefits:
•Provides continuous availability to
files
•Heterogeneous file sharing
•Reduces cost for additional OS
dependent servers
•Adds storage capacity nondisruptively
•Consolidates storage
management
•Lowers Total Cost of Ownership
IP SAN
Celerra Whiteboard Video
Driver for IP SAN
• In FC SAN transfer of block level data takes
place over Fibre Channel
• Emerging technologies provide for the
transfer of block-level data over an existing
IP network infrastructure
Why IP?
• Easier management
• Existing network infrastructure can be leveraged
• Reduced cost compared to new SAN hardware
and software
• Supports multi-vendor interoperability
• Many long-distance disaster recovery solutions
already leverage IP-based networks
• Many robust and mature security options are
available for IP networks
Block Storage over IP - iSCSI
• SCSI over IP
• IP encapsulation
• Ethernet NIC card
• iSCSI HBA
• Hardware-based
gateway to Fibre
Channel storage
• Used to connect
servers
Block Storage over IP - FCIP
• Fibre Channel-toIP bridge / tunnel
(point to point)
• Fibre Channel
end points
• Used in DR
implementations
iSCSI ?
• IP based protocol used to connect host and
storage
• Carries block-level data over IP-based
network
• Encapsulate SCSI commands and transport
as TCP/IP packet
Components of iSCSI
• iSCSI host initiators
– Host computer using a NIC or iSCSI HBA to connect to storage
– iSCSI initiator software may need to be installed
• iSCSI targets
– Storage array with embedded iSCSI capable network port
– FC-iSCSI bridge
• LAN for IP storage network
– Interconnected Ethernet switches and/or routers
• No FC components
• Each iSCSI port on the array is configured with
an IP address and port number
– iSCSI Initiators Connect directly to the Array
• Bridge device translates iSCSI/IP to FCP
– Standalone device
– Integrated into FC switch (multi-protocol router)
• iSCSI initiator/host configured with bridge as target
• Bridge generates virtual FC initiator
• Array provides FC and iSCSI connectivity natively
• No bridge devices needed
FCIP (Fibre Channel
over IP)?
• FCIP is an IP-based storage networking technology
• Combines advantages of Fibre Channel and IP
• Creates virtual FC links that connect devices in a
different fabric
• FCIP is a distance extension solution
– Used for data sharing over geographically dispersed SAN
FCIP (Fibre Channel
over IP)?
FCoE Whiteboard Video
Question 1
What was EMC’s revenue in 2009?
A. 60 Billion
B. 46.2 Billion
C. 14 Billion
D. 9 Billion
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Colleague
50:50
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Audience
EMC Corporation
2009 At a Glance
Employees
$14 billion
$1.9 billion
~41,500
Countries where EMC does business
>80
R&D Investment
~$1.5 billion
Operating Cash Flow
$3.3 billion
Free Cash Flow
$2.6 billion
Founded
1979
Revenues
Net Income
112
IDC Digital Universe Study
IDC – May 2010
Question 2
How much digital information was created worldwide in 2009?
A. 846 Terabytes
B. 686 Petabytes
C. .8 Zettabytes
D. 2502 Exabytes
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Colleague
50:50
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Audience
The Digital Universe 2009-2020
2009:
0.8 ZB
Growing
by a
Factor of 44
2020: 35.2 Zettabytes
One Zettabyte (ZB) = 1 trillion gigabytes
Source: IDC Digital Universe Study, sponsored by EMC, May 2010
1.2 ZB in 2010 is Equal
to . . .
75 Billion Fully Loaded 16GB iPads
What is Driving the Digital
Explosion?
Web 2.0 Applications
Ubiquitous Content-Generating Devices
3G/4G
Longer Data Retention Periods
Freedom of
Information Act
SEC 17a-4
HIPAA
Sarbanes-Oxley
Regulation Landscape
Secure Collaboration
Data Center
Remote Site
1
3
2
4
Local Copies
Remote Copies
Data
5Backup copy
6
Copy for archiving
Question 3
What percentage of the .8 zettabytes of digital information is
created by individuals?
A. 30%
B. 50%
C. 70%
D. 90%
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Audience
The Digital Information World
Individuals create data …companies manage it!
Corp.
Corp.
Ind.
Of the digital universe
will be created by individuals
Ind.
Create
Source: IDC Digital Universe Study, sponsored by EMC, May 2010
Manage
Of the digital universe will
be the responsibility of
companies to manage
and secure
Question 4
How much storage capacity was available on the first Symmetrix
4200 that EMC shipped in 1990?
A. 24 Gigabytes
B. 240 Gigabytes
C. 24 Terabytes
D. 2502 Exabytes
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Audience
EMC’s Tiered Storage Platforms
Broadest Range of Function, Performance, and Connectivity
iSCSI
ADIC
Scalar
family
IP
Fibre Channel
EMC
Disk Library
EMC
Centera
FICON
Celerra
CLARiiON
SAN
NAS
CAS
Symmetrix
Invista Connectrix
iSCSI
NS500
NS700
NS40
NS704
NS80
CX3
UltraScale Series
DL4100
DL740
DL4200
DL4400
DMX-3 950
DMX-3
NSX
NS350
DL210
DL710
DL720
SATA
250 GB
7,200 rpm
EMC
Centera
4-Node
FC & iSCSI
SATA
500 GB
7,200 rpm
AX150
NS40G NS80G
NS500G
NS704GRainfinity
NS700G
Global File
Virtualization
Fibre Channel
73 GB
10k/15k rpm
1990
Symmetrix 4200 Integrated
Cached Disk Array introduced with
a capacity of 24 gigabytes.
Fibre Channel
146 GB
10k/15k rpm
DMX800
DMX1000
Fibre Channel
300 GB
10k rpm
Low-cost
Fibre Channel
500 GB
7,200 rpm
2009
Symmetrix V-Max Systems are
available with up to 2 petabytes of
usable storage in a single system.
Managing Information Storage
Trends, Challenges and
Options
EMC – 2010-2011
Question 6
What is the number 1 challenge identified by IT and
storage managers?
A. Storage
consolidation
B. Designing &
deploying multi-site
environments
C. Managing
storage growth
D. Making informed
x
strategic
/ big
picture decisions
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Colleague
50:50
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Audience
Digital Information Storage
Challenges
Most important activities/constraints identified as challenges
by IT/storage managers
1. Managing Storage Growth
2. Designing, deploying, and managing backup and recovery
3. Designing, deploying, and managing storage in a virtualized
server environment
4. Designing, deploying, and managing disaster recovery
solutions
5. Storage consolidation
6. Making informed strategic / big-picture decisions
7. Integrating storage in application environments
(such as Oracle, Exchange, etc.)
8. Designing and deploying multi-site environments
9. Lack of skilled storage professionals
*Source
Input from over 1,450 storage professionals worldwide 
http://education.EMC.com/ManagingStorage/
Managing Information
Storage: Trends,
Challenges and Options
2010-2011
Building an Effective Storage Mgmt
Organization
Hire an additional 22%+ storage professionals . . .
Based on EMC study ‘ Managing Information Storage: Trends, Challenges & Options (2010-2011)’
www.emc.com/managingstorage
Where Managers Plan to
Find Storage Expertise
Based on EMC study ‘ Managing Information Storage: Trends, Challenges & Options (2010-2011)’
www.emc.com/managingstorage
Top IT Certifications by Salary
Source: Certification Magazine, December 2009
Storage Role Across IT Disciplines
Leverage the functionalities of storage technology
products to…..
•
•
•
•
•
Systems Architects/Administrators
– Maximize performance, increase availability, and avoid costly server upgrades.
Network Administrators
– Maximize performance of your network and to help you plan in advance.
Database Administrators
– Maximize performance, increase availability, and realize faster recoverability of
your database.
Application Architect
– Increase the performance and availability of your application
IT Project Managers
– Plan & execute your IT Projects, which involve or are impacted by Storage
technology components
EMC Academic Alliance
Key Pillars of IT
Businesses IT perspective on the data center in the last 20 years have focused on 4 pillars of Information
Technology: operating systems, databases, networking, and software application development
Based on today’s IT infrastructure, Information Storage is the 5th pillar of IT!
Question 7
What is the name of the EMC authored booked that was
released in May 2009?
A. Storage Area
Networks for
Dummies
B. Storage
Networks
Explained
C. Administering
Data Centers
D. Information
x
Storage
and
Management
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Audience
Information Storage and
Management (ISM)
Modules
Section 1.
Storage
System
Section 3.
Business
Continuity
http://education.EMC.com/ismbook
Section 2.
Storage Networking
Technologies
& Virtualization
Section 4.
Storage Security
& Management
Information Storage and Mgmt (ISM)
• Section 1. Storage System
KEY
CONCEPTProfiles
COVERAGE
Student
Data and
Host, Connectivity,
Information
and Storage
Structured and
Block-Level and File
Unstructured Data
Level Access
Storage
File System and
Technology
Volume Manager
Architectures
Storage Media and
Core Elements of
Devices
a Data Center
Disk Components
Information
Management
Zoned Bit Recording
Information
Lifecycle
Logical Block
Management
Addressing
Little’s Law and the
Utilization Law
Experienced
Section 1. Section 2.
Section 3. Section 4.
‘Open’
Hardware and
Software RAID
Striping,
Mirroring, and
Parity
RAID Write
Penalty
Intelligent
Storage System
Front-End
Command
Queuing
Cache Mirroring
and Vaulting
Logical Unit
Number (LUN)
Aspiring
Hot Spares
LUN Masking
High-end
Storage System
Midrange
Storage System
Information Storage and Mgmt (ISM)
• Section 2. Storage Networking Technologies and
Virtualization
KEY CONCEPT COVERAGE
Key initiatives
for
all
companies
Storage
Fixed Content
Internal and
External DAS
Consolidation
Fibre Channel
(FC) Architecture
Fibre Channel
Protocol Stack
Fibre Channel
Ports
Fibre Channel
Addressing
World Wide
Names (WWN)
Consolidation
SCSI Architecture
Section 1. Section 2.
SCSI Addressing
Section 3. Section 4.
iSCSI Protocol
Native and
Bridged iSCSI
‘Open’
FCIP Protocol
Zoning
Fibre
Channel
Physical / Smaller
Footprint
Topologies
NAS Device
and Archives
Single-Instance
Storage
Object Storage
and Retrieval
Content
Authenticity
Virtualization
Remote File
Sharing
NAS Connectivity
and Protocols
NAS Performance
and Availability
MTU and Jumbo
Frames
Memory
Virtualization
Storage
Virtualization
In-Band and OutNetwork
of-Band
Virtualization
Implementations
Logical / Greater
Flexibility
Block-Level and
Server
File Level
Virtualization
Virtualization
Information Storage and Mgmt (ISM)
• Section 3. Business Continuity
KEY available
CONCEPT COVERAGE
Always
/ Never lost
Operational
Business
Backup
Continuity
Information
Archival
Availability
Disaster
Retention
1 Period
Customer
Recovery
/ Business
Bare-Metal
BC Planning
Data
Recovery
3
Backup
Business Impact
Local
Copies
Architecture
Analysis
Backup
Topologies
5
BackupVirtual
copy Tape
Library
Data Center
Section 1. Section 2.
Section 3. Section 4.
‘Open’
Maximize Data Availability
Synchronous and
Asynchronous
Replication
Host-Based Local
LVM-Based
Replication
Replication
Array-Based
2
Host-Based Log
Local Replication
Shipping
Copy on First
Disk-Buffered
4
Access (CoFA)
Replication
Copy on First Remote Copies
Three-Site
Write (CoFW)
Replication
Restore and
6
Restart
Data Consistency
Data Consistency
Remote Site
Copy for archiving
Minimize chances of data loss
Information Storage and Mgmt (ISM)
• Section 4. Storage Security and Management
KEY CONCEPT COVERAGE
Is my data secure?
Section 1. Section 2.
Section 3. Section 4.
‘Open’
Storage Security Framework
Alerts
The Risk Triad
Management Platform
Standards
Security Domain
Internal Chargeback
Infrastructure Right
Management
Access Control
Consolidated
Virtualized
and in the Cloud
Data storage security considerations
EMC Academic Alliance
Developing tomorrow’s Information Storage Professionals…today!
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Partnering with leading Institutes of Higher
Education worldwide to bridge the storage
knowledge gap in Industry
Providing EMC, Customers and Partners with
source to hire storage educated graduates
Hundreds of institutions globally, educating
thousands of students
Offering unique ‘open’ course on Information
Storage and Management
• Focus on concepts and principles
Opportunity for EMC to give back as the industry
leader
For the latest list of participating institutions and
to introduce us to your Alma Mater, visit
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Becoming an Academic Partner
Required Steps . . .
1. Institution enrolls via the EAA online application.
http://info.emc.com/mk/get/EAA_APPL_form?src=&HBX_Account_Number=emc-emccom
2. Institution identifies faculty to teach course and administer the program.
3. Institution identifies faculty to attend the 5 day ISM Faculty Readiness
Seminar (FRS) and clear ISM certification exam.
4. Institution accesses secure Faculty website to download teaching aids such
as chapter PowerPoints, quizzes, simulators, etc.
5. Institution promotes ISM course to students.
6. Institution schedules and begins teaching the ISM course.
Summary
• Information storage is one of the
fastest growing sectors within IT.
• Information growth and
complexity creates challenges
and career opportunities
• Business and industry are
looking for IT professionals who
know all 5 pillars.
• Those who obtain the skills
through formal education and
industry qualification have an
advantage.