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Course PlanCourse Name : Information Storage and Management Program Name : B. Tech. (CSE)Semester : VII School : Amity School of Engineering and TechnologyFaculty Name : Bhagyashree Naruka

Email: bnaruka@jpr.amity.eduPhone: +91-9461616654Chamber Consultation Hours:

1. Instruction DetailsCredits: 3 Course Duration: 34 sessions of 1 hr each.

Course Code Class Room Days Time

ISM 701LT - 01

Monday 12:30 – 01:30Wednesday 10:20 – 11:20

Friday 12:30 – 01:30

LT - 02Monday 09:15 – 10:15Tuesday 10:20 – 11:20

Wednesday 09:15 – 10:15

2. Course Details:

2a. Course Objectives:

The course provides detailed knowledge, practical training and insight into the implementation and management of various storage technologies with a focus towards applying these technologies in an information lifecycle paradigm. This course focuses on the following key aspects:

1. The evolution of storage and implementation models2. Storage devices principles including structure, host I/O processing, & core algorithms3. Storage classes (SAN, NAS. CAS), interconnection protocols, and management principles4. Storage network design principles5. Networked storage capabilities (Snaps, mirroring, virtualization)6. Backup, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery principles

2b. Learning Outcomes:

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By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the challenges found in today’s complex information management environment

• Describe storage technology solutions (such as DAS, NAS, SAN and Virtualization technologies)

• Explain the key business drivers for storage: Information Availability and Business Continuity

• Illustrate common storage management roles and responsibilities• Describe the processes and technologies for identifying, analyzing security risks in

storage infrastructure

2c. Prerequisites for the course:

Basic knowledge of networking.

2d. Instruction Methodology: • Lectures• Tutorials • Home Assignments • Class test• Quiz

2e. Suggested Text and Reference books

Text books: Information Storage and Management, Wiley Publication ISBN: 978-81-265-2147-0

Reference books: Marc Farley Osborne, "Building Storage Networks", Tata McGraw Hill, 2001 Robert Spalding, "Storage Networks: The Complete Reference", Tata McGraw Hill

2f. Tentative Delivery Schedule

Session No.

Topic Module No.

ContinuousEvaluation

Remarks

1 Data proliferation and the varying value of data with time & usage, Sources of data and states of data creation.

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2 Data center requirements and evolution I

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to accommodate storage needsOverview of basic storage management skills and activities.

3 The five pillars of technology, Overview of storage infrastructure components, Evolution of storage.

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4 Information Lifecycle Management concept, Datacategorization within an enterprise, Storage and Regulations.

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5 Intelligent disk subsystems overview, Contrast of integrated vs. modular arrays, Component architecture of intelligent disk subsystems.

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6 Disk physical structure- components, properties, performance, and specifications,Logical partitioning of disks.

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7 RAID & parity algorithms II8 hot sparing, Physical vs. logical disk

organization,protection, and back end management.

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9 Array caching properties and algorithms, Front end connectivity and queuing properties

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10 Front end to host storage provisioning, mapping, and operation, Interaction of file systems with storage, Storage system connectivity protocols.

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11 Tutorial 1 II12 Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

environments: elementsIII

13 Direct Attached Storage (DAS) environments: connectivity, & management

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14 Storage Area Networks (SAN): elements & connectivity

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15 SAN: Fibre Channel principals III16 SAN: standards, & network

management principles, SAN management principles

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17 Network Attached Storage (NAS): elements, connectivity options

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18 connectivity protocols (NFS, CIFS, ftp), &management principles

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19 IP SAN elements, standards (iSCSI, FCIP, iFCP),

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20 IP SAN elements: connectivity principles, security, and management principles,

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21 Content Addressable Storage (CAS): elements, connectivity options, standards, and management principles.

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22 Hybrid Storage solutions overview including technologies like virtualization & appliances.

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23Tutorial 2

24Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Basics IV

25Local business continuity techniques

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26Remote business continuity techniques

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27Disaster Recovery principles & techniques. V

28Management philosophies (holistic vs. system & component), Industry management standards (SNMP, SMI-S,CIM), Standard framework applications.

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29Key management metrics (thresholds, availability, capacity, security, performance), Metric analysis methodologies & trend analysis

30Reactive and pro-active management bestpractices, Provisioning & configuration change planning, Problem reporting, prioritization, and handling techniques, Management tools overview

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31Storage security, Developing a storage security model. VI

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32Securing Data Storage

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33Virtualization

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3. Academic Integrity Policy

Students are expected to follow Rules of Conduct and Academic Behavior Standards as detailed in the Student Regulations.  Failure to comply with these rules may result in disciplinary actions as stipulated in the Students Regulations.

4. Evaluation Scheme

Continuous evaluation will be conducted for 30 marks. It is continuous and spread throughout the course. The details of the evaluation components are given below

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Evaluation Component

Weight (%)

Date for Evaluation

Learning Outcome Evaluated

Date of Completion of Evaluation

1. Home Assignment 5 After Completion of Module

1-5 Within 2-3 days

2. Quiz 10 At the end of semester

1-5 Within 2-3 days

2. Class Test 20 As per university schedule

1-3 Within a week

3. Attendance 5 Through out the semester

4. End-Semester Examination

60 As per university schedule

1-5 Within 10 days

Total 100

Component I – Home assignments (5 Marks)Home assignments enforce regular study beside the college hours. In addition they can be used to provide useful reading material, problem sets, and solutions.

Guidelines:

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1. Assignments should be properly covered and the details such as name of the student, roll number etc should be mentioned on the cover page.

2. Copied assignments will not be accepted.3. Assignments will not be accepted after the last date of submission.4. Logical and descriptive questions will be given.

Component II – Quiz (10 Marks)Quiz evaluates the students in terms of the following:-

1. Knowledge of basic concepts and their application in logical problems.2. Ability to analyze a given problem or situation.

Guidelines:

1. Objective and one word answer type questions will be asked in quiz.2. There will be no negative marking for objective questions.

Component III- Class Test (20 Marks)This activity will enforce regular study and can test students’ basic knowledge and ability to analyze. In addition, it will also provide students some practice for their end-term examination.

Guidelines:1. Descriptive as well as application based problems will be given.

Component IV- Attendance (5 Marks)A student is required to attend all the sessions, in case of unavoidable circumstances; he/she may be allowed to skip sessions with prior permission. It will be compulsory for such students to report their progress of the portion covered while he/she was on leave.

Component V - End semester examination (60 Marks)As laid down in the academic regulations, the end semester examination is conducted at the end of the semester and is comprehensive enough to include the whole course. It serves the purposes of judging the student’s capability to integrate and inter-link various fundamental principles and application aspects of the course.

Guidelines:1. It will include the whole course.2. It is the most important component as it has the maximum weightage, so extensive

study will be required.3. Revising all the assignments and quizzes provided, may help in preparation.4. Students are also advised to feel free to visit for chamber consultation during the

preparation leave.