M.Sc. (Information Technology) Storage As a Service Syllabus - Mumbai University

• a Data Access in the Internet Era: Availability Requirements for Network Storage, Traditional Client/Server Computing with Direct Attached Storage, Network Storage Architectures That Overcome DAS. Limitations Establishing a Context for Understanding Storage Networks, The Three Primary Functions of Storage Networking, Connecting, Storing, Filing, File Systems, and Operating Systems, SAN and NAS as Storing and Filing Applications. Getting Down with Storage I/O: Requirements for Storage I/O, The I/O Path.
• b Storage Devices: Disk Drives, Tape Drives. Storage Subsystems: Subsystem Architecture, Common Functions of Storage Subsystems JBOD Tape Subsystems and Disk Subsystems for Backup. SCSI Storage Fundamentals and SAN Adapters: The Architecture and Logic of SCSI. SCSI Command Basics HBAs and Network Storage Interfaces Device. Interconnect Technologies for Storage Networks: Fundamental Concepts in Storage Interconnects, Legacy DAS Interconnects, Serial Storage Interconnects
• c Storage Virtualization: The Power in Volume Management , Software and SAN Virtualization Systems , The Concept of Storage Virtualization , A Review of Technologies Used in Storage Virtualization , Virtualization Products: Volume Managers and SAN Virtualization Systems , Performance of SAN Virtualization ,Scaling Storage with Virtualization , Address Space Manipulation Techniques , Storage Pooling , Extending Management Functions in Volume Management and SAN , Virtualization Systems , Reliability and Risk Considerations. Network Backup: The Foundation of Storage Management Fundamentals of Backup and Recovery, Backup Operations, Backup Applications in Storage Networks, Disk-Based Backup

• a File System Fundamentals: The Strange and Wonderful Relationship Between File Systems and, Operating Systems, File System Structures, File System Constructs and Functions. Network File Systems and Network Attached Storage: Fundamentals of Network File Systems, The Complete I/O Process for File I/O in a Network, NFS and CIFS Protocols for Network File Systems, Applications for Network File Storage Extended Features of Network File Systems Network Attached Storage (NAS)
• b New Directions in Network Filing: Clustered File Systems, Distributed File Systems, and Network Storage for Databases Cluster File Systems, Super- Scaling Network File Systems with SAN-Based Distributed File, Systems Network Storage for Databases. Data Management: Managing Data in Time Historical Versions of Files, Storing Data in Compliance with Government Regulations Capacity Management, Tiered Storage, Information Life Cycle Management.
• c Overview of Storage Networking: Brief History of Storage Drivers for Change, What Is a Storage Network? Block Storage Protocol Review: ATA, SCSI, and SBCCS, Mainframe Storage Networking: ESCON and FICON, File Server Protocol Review: CIFS, NFS, and DAFS, Backup Protocols: NDMP and EXTENDED COPY, Optical Technologies: SONET/SDH, DWDM/CWDM, and RPR/802.17, Virtualization Implementations: Host, Storage Subsystem, and Network. OSI Reference Model Versus Other Network Models: OSI Reference Model, SCSI Bus Interface and the ANSI T10 SCSI-3 Architecture Model, Ethernet and the IEEE 802 Reference Model, TCP/IP Suite and the ARPANET Model, Fibre Channel Architecture and ANSI T11 Model . Overview of Network Operating Principles: Conceptual Underpinnings, SCSI Parallel Interface, Ethernet, TCP/IP Suite, Fibre Channel. Overview of Modern SCSI Networking Protocols: iSCSI, FCP, FCIP, iFCP

References

• 1 Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Marc Farley Cisco Press 2004 Applications, Management, and Filing Systems
• 2 Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals James Long Cisco Press 2006 Storage Virtualization: Technologies for Addison Wesley
• 3 Tom Clark 2005 Simplifying Data Storage and Management Professional Information Storage and Management Somasundaram Storing, Managing, and Protecting John Wiley & 2 nd
• 4 Gnanasundaram 2012 Digital Information in Classic, Sons, Inc. Alok Shrivastava Virtualized, and Cloud Environments