AKGEC/IAP/FM/01

REV NO:00

AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGG. COLLEGE, GHAZIABAD

Pre-University Test

DEPARTMENT: IT COURSE: B.TECH

SEMESTER : VIIIth Semester MAX-MARKS : 100
SUBJECT CODE: TIT 032 TIME ALLOWED: 3 HR
SUBJECT NAME: Storage and Information Management. .
ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS.

All questions carry equal marks.

QUESTION NO. 1 Do any two parts. 10 * 2 =20

a. What is Data Proliferation and also discuss the problems caused by it.

b. Discuss in detail, evolution of different storage system.

c. Give overview of basic storage management skills and activities in detail.

QUESTION NO. 2 Do any two parts. 10 * 2 =20

a. What do you understand by Disk Partitioning? For what purpose Disk Partitioning is
done. Explain Logical Partitioning.

b. Explain different levels of RAID in context of difficulty faced by large storage system.

c. What is Pro-active management? Why it is considered as best practice. Explain.

QUESTION NO. 3 Do any two parts. 10 * 2 =20

a. Explain DAS, SAN, and NAS in brief along with their topology diagram.

OR

Explain NFS, CIFS and FTP connectivity protocols in brief.

b. Explain different IP SAN standards. Explain how connection is created in FCIP.

OR

Explain SAN management philosophies.

c. Discuss all five layers of Fibre Channel in detail.

QUESTION NO. 4 Do any two parts . 10*2=20

a. What do you mean by Disaster recovery? Explain different Disaster recovery techniques in
detail.

b. Differentiate between Disaster recovery and Business continuity. What are major network
limitations of Disaster recovery?

c. What is Storage Virtualization? Differentiate between Traditional Architecture and

Virtualized Architecture.

QUESTION NO. 5
Write short notes on any four parts. 5 * 4= 20

a. Hot Sparing.
b. Information lifecycle management concept.
c. Evolution of JBOD, DAS, SAN, NAS and CAS.
d. Different classes of services provided by fibre channel.
e. SAN management principles.
f. Differentiate between NAS AND SAN.