Introduction to IBM Spectrum Accelerate

This digital course will provide an understanding of IBM Spectrum Accelerate, an important, scale-out, software-defined storage product. It has been written to teach everything from the basics of installing IBM Spectrum Accelerate to performing advanced administrative tasks using it. The course will attempt to clarify the concepts involved in planning, deploying, and implementing IBM Spectrum Accelerate. It will cover the basics of software-defined storage from a technology standpoint as it is today, the  product architecture of IBM Spectrum Accelerate, explain its major  features and benefits while showing how to implement the solution. It will also cover configurations that an administrator must be aware of by showing multiple use cases.

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Agenda

Day 1: Course Administration and Introduction Unit 1: Introduction to IBM Spectrum Accelerate Unit 2: Planning for IBM Spectrum Accelerate Unit 3: IBM Spectrum Accelerate Implementation

Exercise period 1: Exercise 1. Installation of IBM Spectrum Accelerate Exercise 2. Navigation and user management in IBM Spectrum Accelerate Exercise 3. Managing capacity Exercise 4. Managing Snapshots and Consistency Groups   

Day 2: Unit 4: IBM Spectrum Accelerate Administration Unit 5: IBM Spectrum Accelerate Troubleshooting

Exercise period 2: Exercise 5. Managing host attachments Exercise 6. Backup and Restore Using Snapshots  Exercise 7. A Walk-through of Mirroring with IBM Spectrum Accelerate Exercise 8. Multi-tenancy and Troubleshooting