MTech Advances In Storage Area Network syllabus for 3 Sem 2020 scheme 20SCE323

Module-1 Introduction 0 hours

Introduction:

Server Centric IT Architecture and its Limitations; Storage – Centric IT Architecture and its advantages. Case study: Replacing a server with Storage Networks The Data Storage and Data Access problem; The Battle for size and access. Intelligent Disk Subsystems: Architecture of Intelligent Disk Subsystems; Hard disks and Internal I/O Channels; JBOD, Storage virtualization using RAID and different RAID levels; Caching: Acceleration of Hard Disk Access; Intelligent disk subsystems, Availability of disk subsystems.

Module-2 I/O Techniques 0 hours

I/O Techniques:

The Physical I/O path from the CPU to the Storage System; SCSI; Fibre Channel Protocol Stack; Fibre Channel SAN; IP Storage. Network Attached Storage: The NAS Architecture, The NAS hardware Architecture, The NAS Software Architecture, Network connectivity, NAS as a storage system. File System and NAS: Local File Systems; Network file Systems and file servers; Shared Disk file systems; Comparison of fibre Channel and NAS.

A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Module-3 Storage Virtualization 0 hours

Storage Virtualization:

Definition of Storage virtualization; Implementation Considerations; Storage virtualization on Block or file level; Storage virtualization on various levels of the storage Network; Symmetric and Asymmetric storage virtualization in the Network.

Module-4 SAN Architecture and Hardware devices 0 hours

SAN Architecture and Hardware devices:

Overview, Creating a Network for storage; SAN Hardware devices; The fibre channel switch; Host Bus Adaptors; Putting the storage in SAN; Fabric operation from a Hardware perspective. Software Components of SAN: The switch’s Operating system; Device Drivers; Supporting the switch’s components; Configuration options for SANs.

Module-5 Management of Storage Network 0 hours

Management of Storage Network:

System Management, Requirement of management System, Support by Management System, Management Interface, Standardized Mechanisms, Property Mechanisms, Inband Management, Use of SNMP, CIM and WBEM, Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMIS), CMIP and DMI, Optional Aspects of the Management of Storage Networks, Summary

 

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to: The students should be able to:

  • Identify the need for performance evaluation and the metrics used for it
  • Apply the techniques used for data maintenance.
  • Realize strong virtualization concepts
  • Develop techniques for evaluating policies for LUN masking, file systems

 

Question paper pattern:

The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.

  • The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
  • Each full question is for 20 marks.
  • There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
  • Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

 

Textbook/ Textbooks

1 Storage Networks Explained Ulf Troppens, Rainer Erkens and Wolfgang Muller Wiley India 2013

 

Reference Books

1 Storage Networks The Complete Reference Robert Spalding Tata McGrawHill 2011

2 Storage Networking Fundamentals – An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, and File Systems Marc Farley Cisco Press, 2005

3 Storage Area Network Essentials A Complete Guide to understanding and Implementing SANs Richard Barker and Paul Massiglia Wiley India, 2006

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