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Scalable Storage in the Cloud Computing Era
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X459.7 (2 semester units in EECS)A requirement in the Professional Series in Virtual and Cloud Computing
Improve scalability and performance while reducing costs by mastering the relationships between data and its infrastructure. Learn key deterministic rules and tradeoffs that govern today's high performance storage systems. Upon completion of this course you should be able to analyze storage needs and recommend practical scalable approaches. Using EMC enterprise and Cloud class examples, explore best practices for engineering high performance enterprise and Cloud scale systems. Topics include private and public Cloud storage trends and strategies, business continuity, security, replication, backup and comparison of classical SAN versus network attached topologies.
The course format is based on in-class lectures and examples that explain the storage industries approach to identifying critical storage issues, developing requirements, searching for solutions and evaluating viable alternatives. A case study analysis helps you identify a proposed business strategy and corresponding business continuity requirements. A survey of current storage appliances and your own experience helps you develop a list of prospective alternatives using a weighted matrix. Your chosen alternative is then applied to a total cost of ownership analysis in preparation for a management proposal. You then develop associated text that provides insight into performance, security, replication, backup and recovery methods.
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