Session S2E Preparing for Future Data Center Professionals: Integrating Storage Technology into the Computer Information Technology Curriculum Wei Hao, Hetal Jasani, Traian Marius Truta Northern Kentucky University,
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[email protected] Abstract -Information brings economic value to the To address the above problems, we have developed a new customers and data is the "soul" of the enterprise. Data course entitled CIT 465/565 - Storage Administration, for centers are playing more and more important roles in senior undergraduate students majoring in CIT and for the enterprises. Storage technology is one of the graduate students in the Master of Science in Computer fundamental technologies behind data centers. The Information Technology (MSCIT) at NKU. Since both our storage knowledge and skills are needed for data center CIT programs emphasize the hands-on learning, we have professionals. Thus, we have developed a new course, developed not only lecture components but also laboratory components for the course. The lecture components are Storage Administration, for Computer Information designed to cover three parts: storage fundamentals, storage Technology (CIT) major students at Northern Kentucky networks, and emerging technologies and data centers. The University (NKU). Since our CIT program emphasizes storage fundamentals part focuses on the fundamental hands-on learning, we have developed the course based storage concepts, such as storage devices, disk interfaces, on hands-on laboratory components. The laboratory disk geometry, disk partitions, disk performance, files components are developed based on open source systems, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), software and simulator software. In this paper, we hot swap, Logical Volume Management (LVM), and storage describe the hands-on laboratory components in details.