Elastic Cloud Storage by Dell EMC
Overview
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage). ECS solutions that can support various use cases are described, including: global content repository, geo-scale object storage with Anywhere Access and Big Data analytics. From this training, students will gain a high-level understanding of how ECS works, product architecture, configurations that are typically deployed, and product features that enable management of the ECS environment.
Audience
This course is intended for anyone who needs a high-level understanding of how ECS works, typical ECS deployment configurations and product features.
Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills
Familiarity with storage solutions in single and multi-site data center environments, including block, file, and object storage; and basic cloud concepts.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the data center challenges that ECS addresses, and introduce fundamental ECS concepts
- Diagram the ECS architecture, and explain its key core components and common deployment topologies
- Outline major features and functionality of ECS for configuration, management, and monitoring
- Explain the use cases and typical applications for ECS
Course Outline
The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.
Module 1: ECS Introduction
- Data center challenges that ECS addresses
- Core ESC concepts and principles
- Product features and options
Module 2: ECS Architecture
- Typical deployment topologies for ECS
- Logical and physical components for ECS
- Internal operations and control mechanisms
Module 3: ECS Features and Functionality
- Major features and functionality
- Basic ECS monitoring and management
Module 4: Use Cases
