Learn Enterprise Data Storage with IBM Storage Scale Specialization

Launch Your Career in Data Storage. Through three courses, you will learn a range of concepts from how to get started with IBM Storage Scale, to administering clustered storage nodes, to performing remote data access to your clustered storage environment.

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3 course series

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3 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

5.0

(11 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

3 months at 4 hours a week

Earn a career credential

Share your expertise with employers

Overview

This specialization is open to all interested learners seeking to develop skills on managing an enterprise storage environment. Through three courses, you will learn a range of concepts from how to get started with IBM Storage Scale, to administering clustered storage nodes, to performing remote data access to your clustered storage environment. This will prepare you for a career in data storage. Brought to you by IBM!

Applied Learning Project

There will be 19 exercises throughout this specialization where you will work on a real data center lab environment to perform various tasks on cluster preparation, management, storage configuration, advanced installation, monitoring, security, and various file system access and protocol configurations.

Fundamentals of enterprise data storage
Storage administration of clustered nodes
Remotely accessing your clustered data storage environment

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Taught in English

22 practice exercises

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Specialization - 3 course series

Data Storage Fundamentals with IBM Storage Scale

Course 113 hoursView course

What you'll learn

This course is intended for IT professionals tasked with administering an IBM Storage Scale storage cluster in environments running Linux and AIX nodes. The course includes information on installing, configuring, and monitoring an IBM Storage Scale cluster. Many Storage Scale features are described in lecture materials and then implemented in lab exercises. These features include: Storage management, high availability options, cluster management, and information lifecycle management (ILM) tools.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Storage

Category: File Systems

Category: Disaster Recovery

Category: Data Storage Technologies

Category: File Management

Category: Data Integrity

Category: Software Installation

Category: Configuration Management

Category: System Configuration

Category: Data Management

Category: Distributed Computing

Category: IT Infrastructure

Category: Scalability

Category: Servers

Category: Infrastructure Architecture

IBM Storage Scale Administration

Course 213 hoursView course

What you'll learn

This course is intended for IT professionals tasked with administering a Storage Scale cluster consisting of Linux nodes.

We will discuss the Storage Scale installer toolkit, installer GUI, cluster upgrade scenarios, cluster health monitoring, cluster performance data collection and monitoring, management GUI, file system encryption, cluster security, and call home features. Many of the features are described in lecture materials and implemented in lab exercises. Upon completion of this course, you will earn a digital badge that recognizes your skills and knowledge in this area.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Installation

Category: System Monitoring

Category: Performance Tuning

Category: Data Security

Category: Systems Administration

Category: Data Storage Technologies

Category: Network Performance Management

Category: Linux Administration

Category: Scalability

Category: Patch Management

Category: Event Monitoring

Category: Data Storage

Category: System Configuration

Category: Encryption

IBM Storage Scale Remote Data Access

Course 317 hours5.0 (10 ratings)View course

What you'll learn

This course is intended for IT professionals tasked with administering a Storage Scale storage cluster consisting of Linux nodes. The course includes information on various Storage Scale features that enable remote access to data that is stored in a cluster file system. This includes: multi-cluster support, clustered NFS, cluster export services (CES) and protocol support (NFS, SMB, and Object), Active File Management (AFM), and AFM-based Asynchronous Disaster Recovery (AFM DR). The features are described in lecture materials and implemented in lab exercises.