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Introduction to SAN and NAS Storage

Understand the basics plus more of Storage Area Networks SAN and Network Attached Storage NAS

Provided by Neil Anderson

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Price
£12 inc VAT
Study method
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Duration
3.5 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed courses certificate of completion - Free
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Overview

Today's data center and cloud environments have converged infrastructures and management tools, and with the advent of virtualization technologies like VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, external SAN and NAS storage is becoming a standard. It's no longer possible to get by as an IT professional by knowing only servers, networking or storage, you need an understanding of all three for your career to thrive.

Certificates

Reed courses certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Will be downloadable when all lectures have been completed

Curriculum

6
sections
20
lectures
3h 32m
total

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Description

Today's data center and cloud environments have converged infrastructures and management tools, and with the advent of virtualization technologies like VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, external SAN and NAS storage is becoming a standard. It's no longer possible to get by as an IT professional by knowing only servers, networking or storage, you need an understanding of all three for your career to thrive.

This course will give you the knowledge you need to understand SAN and NAS storage. You'll learn the theory of the CIFS (SMB), NFS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI and FCoE protocols, and see how to configure the storage system and connect from the client with hands-on lab demonstrations.

The lessons are vendor agnostic so they're suitable no matter who the manufacturer of your storage system is. I've used NetApp as the storage system in the live demos but the information is relevant to all vendors.

Who is this course for?

  • IT professionals or enthusiasts who want to understand SAN and NAS storage

Requirements

  • A basic knowledge of computer networks
  • No previous storage knowledge is necessary

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Provider

Neil Anderson

You want to learn more about IT, earn the respect of others in the trade, and get those high paid roles and promotions, right? Let me help you…

I dropped out of school when I was 15 with no qualifications or future plans. When I got a little bit older and wiser I realised I’d better build a career for myself. I rocketed up the IT career ladder by learning online. I’m here to help you do the same.

I’m proud of my ‘Top Responder’ tag online and I genuinely care about giving you the best experience possible, both in the quality of my training and in ongoing support.

Nothing makes me feel better than hearing I’ve helped you reach the next level in your career.

 

For the last 9 years my main focus has been delivery of technical training and development of course content for large enterprise and service provider customers such as NetApp, Cisco, Verizon and IBM. I train the engineers who design and implement the largest Cloud and Data Center deployments throughout the Asia Pacific region and the rest of the world.

I also provide consultancy to clients and mentoring for the systems engineers in the company I work for.

Prior to focusing on training I worked in the field for over 10 years in a variety of systems and network engineering and IT management roles.

If you have any questions about Cloud, NetApp, Cisco or VMware technologies, ping me a message and I'd love to help you out. 

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