EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - II

Course Code: Course Objective:

To keep the pace with the exponential growth of information, there is a growing need for the skilled information management professionals. This course gives insight into: Challenges and solutions for data storage and data management, intelligent storage systems, Storage networking environments (FC-SAN, IP-SAN, NAS, CAS, and DAS), Business continuity and disaster recovery, Storage security and virtualization, Managing and monitoring the storage infrastructures. Also the latest technologies such as .NET frame work, J2EE and PHP has been covered in detail.

MCA 511

Credit Units: 04

Course Contents:
Module I: Introduction to Storage Technology and Storage Systems Architecture Meeting Today's Data Storage Needs, Evolution of Storage Technology and Architecture, Data Storage Solutions, Data Center Infrastructures, Key challenges in managing Information. Host Environment, Components of a Host, Connectivity, Physical Disks, RAID Arrays (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 0+1, RAID 1+ 0), Disk Storage Systems, Data Flow Exercise Module II: Networked Storage Environments Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Introduction to SCSI, Storage Area Network (SAN) and Introduction to Fiber Channel, Zoning, FC Topologies, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and its Protocols, NAS implementations, IP SAN, Content Addressed Storage (CAS), Storage Virtualization Module III: Business Continuity and Managing Storage Infrastructure Introduction to Business Continuity, Backup & Recovery, BC Local Replication, BC Remote Replication; Managing the Data Center, Monitoring the Storage Infrastructure, Storage Management Activities, Storage Infrastructure Management Challenges, Developing the Ideal Solution Module IV: Securing Storage & Virtualization Securing the Storage Infrastructures, Security Implementations in Storage Networking, Virtualization Technologies. Module V: .NET, J2EE and PHP NET Framework / Architecture, .NET and Web Services, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Advance JAVA Threads, Enterprise Java Beans, Struts, Servlets and JSP. Introduction to PHP, MYSQL, Building Database Applications, Creating a Sample Application, Introduction of Wordpress, Joomla, OS Commerce, Zend Framework, Drupal

Examination Scheme:
Components Weightage (%) CT1 10 A/C/Q 15 Attd 5 EE 70

Text & References:

Text: Information Storage and Management Storing, Managing and Protecting Digital Information By G. Somasundaram, Alok Shrivastava, EMC Education Services, Wiley Publishing, Inc. ASP.NET 4 Unleashed by Stephen Walther Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL Web Development by Michael K. Glass, Yann Le Scouarnec, Elizabeth Naramore, Gary Mailer, Jeremy Stolz, Jason Gerner References: Storage Technology Foundations, EMC Education Services.

Network Security: The Complete Reference, Roberta Bragg, Mark Rhodes-Ousley, Keith Strassberg, et al - Tata McGraw-Hill presents.