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Understand the concepts of the Directly Attached Storage and Network Attached
Storage
Understand the architecture of Storage Area Network, SAN communication and Zoning
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Data storage
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Primary storage vs. secondary storage
Local storage
Magnetic storage
Optical storage
Semiconductor storage
Network storage
Private cloud
Public cloud, etc
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A. Magnetic Storage
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Hard Disk
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Hard Disk Interfaces - SATA
Optical storage device is written and read with a laser, which is including
CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays
Advantage:
Low cost per disk
Disadvantages:
Relatively shorter life span than other storage options
Not as reliable as other storage options like external hard disk and
SSD
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C. Semiconductor storage
Solid State Drive (SSD): rely solely on semiconductors and electronics
for data storage making it a more reliable and robust than traditional
magnetic
Advantages :
Faster read and write performance
More robust and reliable than traditional magnetic hard drives
Highly portable, can be easily taken offsite
Disadvantages :
Still relatively expensive when compared to traditional hard drives
Storage space is typically less than that of traditional magnetic
hard drives.
USB Thumb Drive Or Flash Drive
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Hard disk v.s SSD
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Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN)
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A. Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
DAS is referring to a computer storage that is connected to one computer
and not accessible to other computers (e.g. server, hard drive, SSD which
are directly attached through SCSI, SATA, SAS, FC or iSCSI)
A DAS device is not networked, which it has no connection through
Ethernet or switches that connect network-attached storage (NAS) devices
and storage area networks (SANs)
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Advantages:
It provide users with better performance than networked storage
because the server does not have to traverse a network to read and
write data
Less expensive than SAN or NAS
Easier to deploy when directly plugged into a server (choice for
many small and medium-sized businesses)
Disadvantages:
It is dedicated to a single server where the connectivity and
expandability are both constrained by the number of expansion slots
in the server
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B. Network Attached Storage (NAS)
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Advantages :
As several hard drives can be plugged in which allowing it to hold
large amounts of data
Can be setup with Redundancy (RAID) increasing the reliability and/
or read and write performance.
Disadvantages :
More expensive than using single external Hard Drives
Difficult to bring offsite
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C. Storage Area Network (SAN)
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Advantages:
It has simplify backup and disaster recovery settings (data can be
transferred from one storage device to another without interacting
with a server)
It has simplify some management tasks, potentially allowing
organizations to hire fewer IT workers or to free up some IT workers
for other tasks.
It's also possible to boot servers from a SAN, which can reduce the
time and hassles involved in replacing a server
Disadvantages
Costly
complicated
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Storage Area Network (SAN)
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Zoning
Zoning is the allocation of resources for the devices load balancing and
for allowing access to data only for certain users, to minimize the risk of
data corruption and minimizing the spread of virus and Trojans
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Hard Zoning (Port Zoning)
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Example of Hard Zoning
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Soft Zoning (WWN Zoning)
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Cloud storage
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Cloud Storage
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Why Cloud Storage?
Flexibility for growth: scalable where the companies can add or subtract
resources based on their needs
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Types of Cloud Computing
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Types of Cloud Services
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Characteristics of Cloud Computing
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On-demand self-service: A consumer can unilaterally provision
computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, as
needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each
service provider.
Broad network access: Capabilities are available over the network
and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use by
heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms
Rapid elasticity: Capabilities can be elastically provisioned and
released, in some cases automatically, to scale rapidly outward and
inward commensurate with demand.
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Resource pooling: The provider’s computing resources are pooled to
serve multiple consumers using a multi-tenant model, with different
physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned
according to consumer demand.
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