Name of the College : SJB Institute of Technology
Subject Code/Name : 12SCN323-Advanced Storage Area Networks
Dept : Computer Networks Engineering
Degree : B.E
SEM: : III
Website : sjbit.edu.in
Document Type : Question Bank
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SJB Advanced Storage Area Networks Question Bank
UNIT-I
1) Explain the Server – Centric IT architecture, with a neat diagram. Explain its limitations. (Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
2) Explain the storage – Centric IT architecture, with a neat diagram. Explain its advantages. (Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
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3) Define server centric IT architecture and storage centric IT architecture with advantages and limitations. (June/July 2011)(10 Marks)
4) Explain the benefits of storage networks on business applications. (June/July 2011) (10 Marks)
5) Explain the basic requirement of storage systems (May/Jun 2010) (10 Marks)
6) Differentiate storage centric IT architecture from server centric IT architecture (May/June 2010) (10 Marks)
7) Why storage networking makes sense? Explain? (Dec/Jan 2012)(10 Marks)
8) Describe the attributes that characterizes enterprise business applications? (Dec/Jan 2012) (10 Marks)
9) Differentiate between maintenance and support applications? (Dec/Jan 2010) (10 Marks)
10) With a neat sketch, explain the application development life cycle. (Dec/Jan 2010) (10 Marks)
11) Differentiate between storage-centric IT architecture and server-centric IT architecture. (Dec/Jan 2013) (08 Marks)
12) Define problem size and problem access. (Dec/Jan 2013) (06 Marks)
13) Explain the benefits of storage networks on business applications. (Dec/Jan 2013) (06 Marks)
UNIT-II
1). Explain the following RAID levels with necessary block diagrams:
i) RAID 0 ii) RAID 10.(Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
2). Describe the necessary technique which helps to protect the data against any catastrophicalSituations in a networks, with neat diagram.(Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
3). Describe different cases where I/O channels can be designed with built in redundancy. Which cable is best? (June/July 2011) (10 Marks)
4). Explain briefly how parity blocks are calculated in RAID4 and RAID5. How RAID5 overcomes limitations of RAID4? (June/July 2011)(10 Marks)
5) Explain RAID 0 level or Block-by-Block striping?(June/July 2011) (10 Marks)
6) How are the disk storage systems classified based on its complexity? Explain just a bunch of disks[JBOD] (May/June 2010)(10 Marks)
7) Define the two main goals of RAID. What is a RAID level and explain the use of hot spare disks for all RAID levels? (Dec/Jan 2012)(10 Marks)
8) With a neat diagram, explain the architecture of intelligent disk storage System [dss]. (Dec/Jan 2012) (10 Marks)
9) Explain RAID 1 level or Block-by-Block mirroring? (Dec/Jan 2012)(10 Marks)
10) Compare the principle of operation in RAID 0+1 and RAID 10 level? (May/June 2010)(10 Marks)
11) Describe the two types of caches are designed to accelerate write and read accesses to physical hard disks? (June/July 2011) (10 Marks)
12) With a neat diagram, explain the architecture of intelligent disk storage system. (Dec/Jan 2013) (06 Marks)
13) With a neat diagram, explain the RAID10 and RAID0+1. (Dec/Jan 2013) (06 Marks)
14) Describe the input output techniques used in disk storage system in order to increase fault –tolerance of systems. Write a note on JBOD. (Dec/Jan 2013) (08 Marks)
UNIT-III
1) Explain the importance of each layer in the fibre channel protocol stack, with neat diagram. (Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
2) Explain with a neat diagram, the physical I/O path from CPU to the storage system. (Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
3) Explain briefly the acceleration of hard disk access. (June/July 2011)(10 Marks)
4) Explain SCSI. (June/July 2011)(10 Marks)
5) What are the two major goals of RAID system? Explain the three major techniques used in RAID configurations (May/June 2010 ) (10 Marks)
6) Explain fiber channel, with reference to protocol stack, addressing modes and login techniques. (May/June 2010) (10 Marks)
7) What is zoning? What are the advantages of zoning? Explain the various types of zoning? ( Dec /Jan 2010)(10 Marks)
8) With a neat sketch, explain the types of arbitrated loops? (Dec/Jan2010) (10 Marks)
9) Show how the communication of a public loop device with a device in the fibre can be accomplished? (Dec/Jan2012) (10 Marks)
10) Explain the various hardware components used in Fibre channel SAN? (Dec/Jan 2010) (10 Marks)
11) Write a short note on Interoperability of Fibre Channel SAN (Dec/Jan 2012) (10 Marks)
12) What are the different protocols available for transmitting storage data traffic over TCP/IP? Explain the use of these protocols? (May/June 2010) (10 Marks)
13) What are the advantages and disadvantages of IP-storage in relation to the FC? (Dec/Jan 2010)(10 Marks)
15) Explain briefly fibre channel link, ports and topologies. (Dec/Jan 2013) (10 Marks)
16) Write short notes on SCSI. (Dec/Jan 2013) (05 Marks)
17) With reference to FC protocol stack, explain and login and addressing. (Dec/Jan 2013) (05 Marks)
UNIT-IV
1) Explain network attached storage (NAS), with a neat diagram. (Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
2) Clearly bring out the difference between the fibre channel and NAS. (Dec/Jan 2014) (10 Marks)
3) Explain briefly layers of FC protocol stack. (June/July 2011) (10 Marks)
4) Explain briefly fiber channel port types. (June/July 2011)(10 Marks)
5) Compare NAS and fiber channel SAN. (May/June 2010)(10 Marks)
6) Write an explanatory note on shared disk file system May/June 2010)(10Marks)
7) Summarize the issues that are important to know and understand to facilitate a long term productive NAS configuration? (Dec/Jan 2010)(10 Marks)
8) Explain the NAS hardware architecture? (June/July 2010) (10 Marks)
9) Explain the NAS software architecture? (Dec/Jan 2012) (10 Marks)
10) Explain the significance of NAS as a storage system? (Dec/Jan 2012) (10 Marks)
11) Explain NAS with its advantages and disadvantages. (Dec/Jan 2013) (06 Marks)
12) Write an explanatory note on shared disk file system. (Dec/Jan 2013) (06 Marks)
13) Explain the performance bottlenecks in file server and compare NAS with fibre channel SAN. (Dec/Jan 2013) (08 Marks)