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Advanced EducationEva luator Ser ies™
Join us:
September 24-26, 2013
Renaissance Hotel500 Flatiron Blvd
Broomfield, CO 80021
For registration or moreinformation:
www.evaluatorgroup.comor
303.221.7867
*NEW* Full Day on Virtualization and Storage
Training Overview
What You’ll Learn:• Considerationsformakingstoragedecisionstodayandinthefuture• Strategiestoestablishrequirementsforstorageneeds• Gainin-depthknowledgeofstorageandvirtualization• InitiativesinITforoptimizingtheDataCenter• IndustrytrendssuchasBigDataAnalytics,ObjectandSolidState
Storage
Who Should Attend:Individualsinvolvedinmakingstoragesystemsandstrategydecisions,andanyoneseekinganin-depthandhighlyapplicableunderstandingoftoday’sEnterpriseStorage.
Training Environment:• Livelyinteractionwithinstructorsandpeersinagroupsetting• Unbiasedobjectiveinsightfromindustryleadingexperts• Participateindetaileddiscussionsofstoragearchitectures,including
networking,virtualization,datamanagement,andCloudComputing• GainaccesstoEvaluatorGroup’suniquetoolsandin-depthknowledge
ofstoragetechnology
Optimizing Storage Environments: Technologies and Systems
Instructors
Leah Schoeb
Randy Kerns
Russ Fellows
5360 manhattan circle • ste 100 • boulder, co 80303
[ph] 303.221.7867 www.evaluatorgroup.com
Evaluator Series™ Advanced Storage Education - Optimizing Storge Environments: Technologies and Systems
Day 1: Developing the Strategy and Understanding the TechnologiesOn this first day, students will develop the skills to architect and manage the development of a storage strategy. The second half covers new technologies that are transforming and optimizing storage.
What is a Storage Strategy?
Why it is important
What are the elements
Initiatives to Optimize the Data Center
Trends and Challenges in IT
Business Drivers
Economics in IT
Efficiency - Optimizing Resources & Delivery of IT Services
Technologies for the Solutions - What are they, how they work and what to leverage
Block vs File vs Object Storage
Storage Pooling & Thin Provisioning
Mainframe Vs. Open Systems Storage
Networking Technologies
Solid State Technology
Tiering of Storage
Data Reduction Technologies
Data Availability Strategies - Protection, Replication, Forward Error Correction
Archiving
Impact of Virtualization on Storage
Server Virtualization
VMware Integration
VDI
Storge Virtualizatoin
Cloud and IT as a Service
Big Data Analytics & Storage
Day 2: VirtualizationAfter the second day, students will have a thorough understanding of what Virtualization is, the economics of utilizing Virtualization technologies, the various architectures available, and what they can expect the interface layer to look like. VMware vSphere Basics
Hyper-V Basics
Virtualization layer architecture
ESXi layout
Virtual Datacenter Architecture
Distributed Services
Virtual Machine architecture
vCPU
Memory Management Hierarchy
Network architecture
Storage Architecture
Life of an IO
Management architecture
Interface Layer
5360 manhattan circle • ste 100 • boulder, co 80303
[ph] 303.221.7867 www.evaluatorgroup.com
Evaluator Series™ Advanced Storage Education - Optimizing Storge Environments: Technologies and Systems
Day 3: Deep Dive Into the Products and Their CapabilitiesThis day reviews the top vendor products and capabilities. Students will gain a strong grasp, not only on their needs, but also which solutions will address their strategy.
Block - Based Storage
Product Descriptions
Advanced features and abilities
Strengths and Potential Concerns
Storage Virtualization Products
Product Descriptions
Advanced Features
Strengths and Potential Concerns
File - Based Storage
Product Descriptions
Advanced Features
Strengths and Potential Concerns
Storage Management and Performance
Goals
Management Elements
SRM - Products
Solid State Storage Systems
Product Descriptions
Strengths and Poetntial Concerns
Object Storage Systems
Product Descriptions
Strengths & Potential Concerns
Products to be Covered (subject to change)High End Block Mid Range Block NAS
EMC VMAX
HP 3PAR StoreServ
Hitachi VSP
IBM DS8000
IBM XIV
NetApp FAS 6000
Data Direct Networks
Dell Compellent
Dell EqualLogic
EMC VNX
Hitachi HUS, HUSVM
HP StoreVirtual LeftHand
IBM V7000
IBM DS3500/DCS3700
NetApp FAS 3000
HDS - HNAS BlueArc
Dell FS7600/FS8600
EMC Isilon
EMC VNX
IBM Sonas/V7000U
NetApp
Microsoft WSS-Based
ZFS-Based
SAN Virtualization Solid State Storage Object Storage
DataCore
SanSymphony
EMC VPLEX
EMC VMAX
HDS VSP
IBM SVS / V7000
NetApp V-Series
Astute Networks
IBM Flash System
PureStorage
Fusion IO (NexGen)
Nimble
Nimbus
Tegile
Tintri
Violin
Whiptail
Amplidata
Cleversafe
DDN WOS
EMC Atmos and Centera
HDS HCP
HP StoreAll
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