Overview The Storage Administrator has emerged as a challenging role. Both business and government are on quests to acquire, retain and mine massive amounts of data. The role's challenge takes three forms: manage daily growth, implement new technology, and maintain IT governance. As a result the discipline of caring for data at rest, in transit and at the point of use has grown to be important and visible. Annually, the storage administrator will add 52% more storage, refresh 38% of the current infrastructure, apply four microcode changes per component, do backups and perform many small changes while keeping up on new technology. They manage 81 to 125TB of usable storage per person in 25% of their time and interface with 8 to 40 people 75% of the time. The other people are indirect storage administrators including developers, application and database administrators who each spend 5-12% of their time on storage issues. Storage is a serious business. Storage administration is not just knowledge of terms or vendor specific hardware; it is a serious process. The processes include understanding all of the administrative, monitoring, data collection, security, troubleshooting, and recovery tasks for each component. Because business depends on these storage solutions, it also requires understanding recovery at an application and database level in the context of business purpose and criticality. This course will help you take a systematic approach to administrative tasks.
NETWORK LABS SCP is a training program that offers a platform to get you educated on the storage and backup technologies. SCP also empowers you to appear for the globally accepted vendor independent Storage Certified Professional Exam - SCP 2008, certified by the SNIA; the only organization in the world providing activities that expand the breadth and quality of the storage and information management market. This program provides a strong foundation of vendor-neutral, systems-level credentials that integrates with and complements individual vendor certifications. By continuous enhancement, the course and exams reflect the advances and growth of storage networking technologies.
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) INDIA is a non-profit organization spanning virtually the entire storage industry in India. SNIA members share the common goal of advancing the adoption of storage networks as complete and trusted solutions. To this end, the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. SNIA conducts major storage industry events and offers services like education, training, certification and tutorials to its members. To help professionals in getting SNIA certifications and creating a pool of storage networking experts.
Examination:
Examinations leading to SNIA CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (SCP) are held on all continents. Possession of this certificate is mandatory for all candidates who wish to reach 'full certification' as a SNIA CERTIFIED STORAGE NETWORKING EXPERT.
Certificate Advantages
- Certification insures that staff has a benchmarked level of knowledge and skill.
- Recruiting and retention are simplified.
- Possession of an internationally recognized competence certificate is a personal achievement that will help foster commitment and increase job satisfaction.
- A mandatory requirement for some organizations. Customers of IT Storage Services are demanding that their suppliers have a 'license to operate'.
- More than 2,000 professionals now hold the qualification.