Managing 3PAR Disk Arrays: Replication and Performance

Course overview:

This 2-day course overviews 3PAR enhanced functionality. Data migration between 3PAR Storage Arrays, Disaster solutions and supported configurations. Performance analysis using System Reporter and the benefits of Adaptive Optimization. Hands-on lab exercises will help illustrate the concepts learned during the course.

Detailed course outline

• Course Introduction

Peer Motion

• Describe the purpose of Peer Motion
• List the benefits of Peer Motion
• Explain the configuration rules of Peer Motion
• Administrate a Peer Motion Configuration

Remote Copy

• Understand the key features and benefits of Remote Copy
• Explain the different types of Remote Copy implementations
• Understand the differences in Asynchronous, Synchronous and Synchronous Long Distance
  Configurations.

System Reporter

• Describe System Reporter
• Understand the components of System Reporter
• Produce Reports using System Reporter

Adaptive Optimization

• Understand the benefits of Adaptive Optimization
• Know How SSDs Fibre Channel and Nearline drives fit in to Adaptive Optimization
• Understand how System Reporter 2.9 can manage Adaptive Optimization

Performance

• Explain the difference between a local read versus a remote read
• Explain the different writes to a 3PAR InServ
• Explain the performance differences of reads and writes from a host perspective
• Understand individual Component Performance
• Describe RAID impact to overall perfromance
• Understand how 3PAR caching works
• Setup FC Host Port Considerations for proper load balancing