Sun Flash Storage Essentials

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Exam Topics:

Flash Technology Overview

• Explain the customer value proposition
• Identify target environments, uses and applications
• Describe the Oracle's Flash Storage product portfolio, its positioning, and use
• Describe Oracle 11gR2 Database Smart Flash Cache technology
• Describe Solaris ZFS Hybrid Storage Pools

Assessing Customer's Problems and Flash Technology Fit

• Explain performance bottlenecks
• Identify bottlenecks using Oracle dB StatPack/SWR
• Identify bottlenecks using Oracle ORION I/O performance measuring tool
• Identify bottlenecks using Oracle Sun SWAT/Flash Analyzer I/O assessment tool
• Identify bottlenecks using Oracle Sun vdBench performance measurement tool
• Architect and size the solution

Sun Solid State Drives

• Describe the Sun Solid State Drives, their architecture and supported systems
• Describe the target environments for the Sun Solid State Drives
• Install and configure the Sun Solid State Drives in a server

Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card

• Describe the Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card, its architecture and supported systems
• Describe the target environments for the Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card
• Install and configure the Sun Flash Accelerator F20 PCIe Card in a server

F5100 Flash Array Overview

• Explain the core features of the F5100 Flash Array
• Describe the F5100 Flash Array architecture and internal system components
• Describe supported platforms

F5100 Deployment Assessment

• Use the Performance Improvement Assessment to deploy the F5100 Flash Array
• Use the RAS Requirements Assessment to deploy the F5100 Flash Array
• Use the System Deployment Assessment to deploy the F5100 Flash Array

F5100 Physical Installation

• Install the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array, including HBAs and drivers
• Install the latest HBA drivers
• Install the latest Common Array Manager (CAM) software

F5100 Configuration

• Configure the F51000 using the Common Array Manager (CAM)
• Perform zoning and provisioning of individual Flash modules
• Configure Flash in single and multi-host environments
• Configure Flash Modules and HBAs for maximum performance or capacity
• Configure Flash for high availability (mirroring)

Optimization, Tuning, and Testing

• Use the Oracle Sun Storage Workload Analysis Tool (SWAT)/Flash Analyzer to optimize customer environments
• Use the Oracle Stats-Pack/SWR and ORION to optimize customer environments
• Describe key F5100 key deployment models and strategies
• Describe key F20 key deployment models and strategies
• Deploy the F5100 with Oracle Database environments
• Deploy the F20 with Oracle Database environments
• Deploy the F5100 as Oracle 11gR2 Database Smart Flash Cache
• Deploy the F20 as Oracle 11gR2 Database Smart Flash Cache
• Pin indices and hot files to appropriate Flash pools
• Optimize flash implementations in different environments and using different files systems
• Set up Solaris with 4K block alignment
• Set up ZFS
• Deploy Flash with Oracle ASM for volume management, provisioning and mirroring
• Configure for high availability through host mirroring
• Describe key steps and best practices for testing implementations