17MCA544 Storage Area Networks syllabus for MCA

Concepts of Storage Networking

The Data Storage and Data Access Problem, The Battle for Size and Access Decoupling the Storage Component: Putting Storage on the Network, Decoupling the Storage Component: Creating a Network for Storage

Storage Fundamentals

Storage Architectures, Device Overviews, Connectivity Options, Data Organizational Methods

Network Attached Storage

Putting Storage on the Network, NAS Hardware Devices , NAS Software Components, NAS Connectivity Options

Storage Area Networks

Architecture Overview, Hardware Devices, Software Components, Configuration Options for SANs.

Application

Defining the I/O Workload, Applying the SAN Solution, Applying the NAS Solution Considerations When Integrating SAN and NAS

Management

Planning Business Continuity, Managing Availability, Maintaining Serviceability, Capacity Planning and Security Considerations

Case Studies

NAS Case Study, SAN Case Study, SAN/NAS Management Case Study

Course Outcomes (CO):

At the end of this course, the students will be able to

CO1: Understand the fundamentals of storage and storage networking concepts

CO2: Analyze Network Attached and Storage Area Networks Requirements

CO3: Apply and Integrate SAN and NAS solutions for an enterprise requirements

CO4: Design a secured, scalable SAN / NAS enterprise solutions

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full question consists of 16 marks.
• There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

1. The Complete Reference “ Storage networks” , Robert Spalding, McGraw Hill Education (India) 2003

Reference Books:

1. Information Storage and Management (Misl-Wiley) : 2nd Edition, Emc Education Services, Wiley; Second edition (29 August 2012), ISBN-13: 978-8126537501

2. Storage Are networks Essentials : A complete guide to understanding and Implementing SANs, Richard Barker, Paul Massiglia, Wiley