MU Information Technology (Semester 8)
Storage Management & Retrieval
May 2012
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INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) The average I/O size of an application is 64 KB. The following specifications are available from the disk manufacturer: average seek time =5 ms, 7,200 rpm, transfer rate=40 MB/s. Determine the maximum lOPS that could be performed with the disk for this application. Taking this case as an example, explain the relationship between disk utilization and lOPS.
10 M
1 (b) What are the components of NAS? Explain NAS Implementations.
10 M

2 (a) Explain disk drive components with neat diagram.
10 M
2 (b) Explain SNIA Storage Virtualization taxanomy with its configuration implementations.
10 M

3 (a) Explain Object Storage and Retrieval in CAS.
10 M
3 (b) Explain storage security domains with reference to threats, availability controls and examples.
10 M

4 (a) Explain the parameters and components for monitoring the storage infrastructure with monitoring example.
10 M
4 (b) Explain Remote replication technologies with neat diagrams.
10 M

5 (a) Explain business continuity terminologies.
10 M
5 (b) Explain RAID levels in detail with neat diagram.
10 M

6 (a) Explain various fibre channel ports with neat diagram.
10 M
6 (b) Explain the architecture of intelligent storage system in detail.
10 M

Write short notes on (any four):-
7 (a) Backup granularity.
5 M
7 (b) Zoning.
5 M
7 (c) Topologies for iSCSI connectivity.
5 M
7 (d) Storage management activities.
5 M
7 (e) Uses of Local Replicas.
5 M



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