EMC Academic Associate

Information Storage and Management v2

Test Overview

This test focuses on information storage and management in classic, virtualized and cloud environments. It includes data center key elements, intelligent storage systems, storage networking technologies, and various business continuity options – along with security and management of a storage infrastructure. It also covers various aspects of cloud computing. A limited number of questions refer to product examples that are used in the training to reinforce the knowledge of technologies and concepts.
Successful candidate will be awarded the EMC Academic Associate recognition.

Total # of Questions: 35
Passing Score: 70%
Duration: 90 minutes
Recommended study materials:
Information Storage and Management, 2nd edition by EMC Education Services, ISBN 978-1118094839

Test Topics

Topics likely to be covered on this test include:

Storage System

• Introduction to information storage
• Data center environments
• RAID
• Intelligent storage system

Storage Networking Technologies

• Fibre Channel SAN (FC SAN)
• IP SAN and FCoE
• Network-attached storage (NAS)
• Object-based and unified storage

Backup, Archive, and Replication

• Introduction to business continuity
• Backup and archive
• Local replication
• Remote replication

Cloud computing, and Security and Management of storage infrastructure

• Cloud computing
• Securing storage infrastructure
• Managing storage infrastructure