Name: Fundamentals of Storage and Input Output Theory
Start: 2018-09-13T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-17T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Velisa Africa Academy

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Fundamentals of Storage and Input Output Theory

13 September 2018 @ 8:00 am - 17 September 2018 @ 3:30 pm

Velisa Africa Academy now offers a two day Fundamentals of Storage and IO (Input Output) theory workshop.

Content

Number Systems

Binary
Hex
Logic gates such as And, XOR

Storage

Principles of Raid covering all common raid types.
Disk Theory including spinning disks and SSD/ Flash
SLC, MLC etc.
Replication Fundamentals
Synchronous versus Asynchronous

IO Performance

Rotational Speed
Latency
IOPS
Throughput
Queueing Theory
Multi-pathing
Performance Benchmarks
Operating System performance data such as VXstat

IO types

SCSI
SAS
Fibre Channel
NVMe
Associated cable types

SAN

Switch Types
Basic FC Theory
Zoning
Error Types
Buffer Credits

Power

AC Power
Single Phase
Three Phase

Delivery Method

Instructor-led

The workshop is aimed at students that wish to have the basics before moving on to more detailed courses such as Brocade or Cisco SAN training or Storage Administrator courses. This workshop would also be beneficial to those starting out in an IT career and can also be used as a refresher.