Total Time: 3 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course provides an overview of data storage systems and high availability systems.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe components of a hard disk drive
Identify a track, sector, cylinder, and cluster on a hard disk
Identify what SCSI is and describe how it works
Describe characteristics of six popular file systems
Define RAID and identify characteristics of five RAID levels
Identify four disk swap techniques

Topics: 
Internal hard disk operations
External hard disk operations
Organizing disk data
Hard disk performance and IDE/ATA
SCSI and SCSI standards
Connecting and operating SCSI
Formatting and partitioning disks
Creating file systems
Understanding RAID
High availability
Swapping drives and rebuilding RAID

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.