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INET 2202 - Storage Area Networking

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This course focuses on effective system administration and implementation of file-based storage (NAS) in a local area network. Course content covers planning, installing, operating, and troubleshooting file-based (NAS) storage in an Ethernet environment along with augmenting Linux and Windows host skillsets. This course follows the Storage+ certification framework (SNIA).
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): INET 2102  and CTSA 1013  with grades of C or higher or instructor consent.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. NAS concepts
  2. NAS configuration
  3. SAN concepts
  4. SAN configuration
  5. Optimize network access
  6. Storage media
  7. Redundancy
  8. Disaster planning

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. explain differences between Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN).
  2. perform basic NAS appliance configuration
  3. apply techniques to improve network performance, continuity, and security
  4. describe disk types, components, and features.
  5. implement the correct networking technologies, given a scenario.
  6. select appropriate disk storage configurations for a given scenario.
  7. explain data redundancy and the importance of disaster planning.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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