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(AutonomousInstitution,AffiliatedtoAnnaUniversity,Chennai)Elayamp
alayam,Tiruchengode–637205
Programme B.E. Programme Code 107 Regulation 2019
Department Computer Science and Technology Semester VII
Periods Per Week Credit Maximum Marks
Course Code Course Name L T P C CA ESE Total
Information Storage and
U19CTE13 Management 3 0 0 3 50 50 100
The Main Objective of the course is to
 Identify the components of managing the data center and understand logical
Course andphysical components of a storage infrastructure
Objective  Evaluate storage architectures including storage subsystems
 Understand the business continuity, backup and recovery methods.
 Monitor the storage infrastructure and management activities
 Understand the remote services models
Knowledge
At the end of the course, the student should be able to, level
CO1:Understand the basics about the information storage
management K2
Course CO2: Enhance the usage of Storage networking technologies K2
Outcome
CO3: Understand Business Continuity And Back Up Recovery K2
CO4: Know the importance of the storage security and to manage K3
CO5: Understand about the replication and remote storage K1&k2
Pre-requisites -
CO /PO Mapping CO/PSO
(3/2/1indicates strength of correlation) 3-Strong,2 – Medium,1-Weak Mapping
Programme Outcomes(POs) PSOs
COs PO P PO PO PO PO P PO P PO PO PO PSO PSO
1 O 3 4 5 6 O 8 O 10 11 12 1 2
2 7 9
CO1 3 2 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 1 3 2
CO2 3 2 1 - 2 1 - - - - 1 1 3 2
CO3 3 2 1 - 2 1 - - - - 1 1 3 2
CO4 3 2 1 1 2 1 - - - - 1 1 3 2
CO5 3 2 1 - 2 1 - - - - 1 1 3 2

Course Assessment Methods Direct

Direct
1.Continuous Assessment Test I, II & III
2.Assignment.
3.End-Semester examinations
Indirect
1.Course - end survey

Content of the syllabus

Unit – I INTRODUCTION Periods 9
Introduction to Information Storage Management, Evolution of Storage Technology, Data Centre
Infrastructure, Key challenges in managing information.Data Center Environment: Application, Database
Management System (DBMS) - Host : Connectivity, Storage, Disk Drive Components, Intelligent
Storage
System: Components of an Intelligent Storage System,Storage Provisioning, Types of Intelligent Storage
Systems.
Signature of BoS Chairman
 STORAGE NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES Periods 9
Unit – II
Fiber Channel: Overview ,SAN and its Evolution, Components of FC SAN, FC Connectivity, FC
Architecture, IPSAN-iSCSI components, iSCSI Topologies, iSCSI Protocol Stack,iSCSI Names, NAS:
General Purpose Servers versus NAS Devices ,Benefits of NAS- File Systems and Network File Sharing,
Components of NAS, NAS I/O Operation, NAS Implementations, NAS File Sharing Protocols, Object
Based Storage Devices , Content addressed Storage.
Unit – III BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND BACK UP Periods 9
RECOVERY
Business Continuity: Information Availability ,BC Terminology, BC Planning life cycle, Failure Analysis,
Business Impact Analysis, Backup and Archive: Backup Purpose ,Backup Considerations, Backup
Granularity, Recovery Considerations, Backup Methods, Backup Architecture, Backup and Restore
Operations.
Unit – IV STORAGE SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT Periods 9
Storage Security Framework and Domain, Monitoring the Storage Infrastructure: Monitoring Parameters
,Components Monitored, Monitoring examples, Storage Infrastructure Management Activities, Storage
Management Examples: Storage Allocation to a New Server/Host , File System Space Management.
Unit – V REPLICATION Periods 9
Local Replication: Source and Target, Uses of Local Replicas, Data Consistency, Local Replication
Technologies, Restore and Restart Considerations, Creating Multiple Replicas, Management Interface.
Remote Replication: Modes of Remote Replication and its Technologies, Network Infrastructure.
Total Periods 45
Text Books
1. Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information in
Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments 2nd Edition, EMC, 2019.
2. UifTroppen Rainer Wolfgang Muller,"Storage Networks Explained", India, Wiley, 20 0, ISBN 3:
978- 047074 436.
3. Robert Spalding,Storage Networks: The Complete Reference, Osborne, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003,
ISBN- 3: 978-0072224764.
References
Farley,'Building Storage Networks", Osborne, Tata McGraw Hill, 2009, ISBN- 3: 978-0072
1. 30720.
Meeta Gupta, Storage Area network Fundamentals, Pearson Education Limited,2002, ISBN 3:
2.
978- 587050657.
Anthony T .Velte, Toby J.Velte, Robert Elsenpeter, "Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach",
3. Fourth Reprint, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, 20 0, ISBN- 3: 978-007 62694.
E-Resources
1. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/106108058
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rfvcF3zi4
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUo8Wb6KVWk

Signature of BoS Chairman