Project Assignment: System Analysis
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During a meeting of the IT Storage team with the incoming CTO, questions were raised about the current storage utilization of XYZ Technology Services and what the requirements would be for the next three years for the company as part of its SEC Compliance certification assessments. The questions raised pertained to the best use of the storage networking budget.
The company runs a Hybrid Server environment with a collocated rack which provides primary access for its publicly facing ecommerce business with clustered failover to an Azure Cloud instance. The company's operations and financial platforms are found at one of two locations with a mix of Active Directory Windows servers, Linux servers, and Oracle DB servers.
For this first part of the project, your manager has asked you to analyze the current system design of the company and describe the advantages and disadvantages of deploying JBOD, Raid Arrays, and Virtual Disks.
Next, describe how to apply the technologies listed above to the different physical environments that are used at XYZ Technology: on premises server, on premises SAN, and Azure Storage spaces.
Finally, describe how to use a thirty disk shelf adapter connected to a Production Windows File Server populated with a mixture of ten SAS SSD hard drives, ten 15K premium SAS spinning hard drives, and ten 7.2K SATA spinning hard drives to create storage tiers.
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In a brief paper address each of the following:
• Prepare a written report describing the JBOD, RAID, and Virtual disk including the advantages, disadvantages and preferred use cases.
o JBOD:
o RAID:
o Virtual Disks:
• Consider the use case for the different disk writing technologies described in the first part and how they apply to each of the following: on premises server, on premises SAN, and Azure Storage Spaces. How does the preferred use case change depending on the application type?
o On premises server:
- JBOD:
- RAID:
- Virtual Disks
o On premises SAN:
- JBOD:
- RAID:
- Virtual Disks
o Azure Storage Spaces:
(Note that JBOD and RAID will require equivalent technology options)
- JBOD (equivalency):
- RAID (equivalency):
- Virtual Disks:
• Describe how to configure the Microsoft Pool role to automatically take advantage of the different classifications of storages that comprise the disk storage shelf that is connected to the production file server. What actions need to be taken to take advantage of the different storage types?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.