May 22, 2025  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

MSIS 656 - Information Storage Management


3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course provides a comprehensive review of the processes, technologies, and tools used to manage the performance, capacity, and availability of storage resources in an IT environment. The emphasis is on the fundamentals of storage technology, including the types of storage and storage media. Challenges and opportunities in traditional and cloud-based storage management are discussed. Other topics include storage protocols, virtualization, performance monitoring, disaster recovery, green storage, and security. Hands-on labs focusing on storage management using vendor-specific and open-source storage management tools are an integral part of the course.

Enrollment Requirements:
pre-req: College of Management graduate degree student

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