Course Description
RH436 provides intensive hands-on experience with the emerging Shared Storage technology delivered by CentOS Global File System (GFS). This four-day course focuses on the implementation of native Community Enterprise Linux technologies included in CentOS Cluster Suite and GFS.
Prerequisites
RH253 at a minimum, RHCE certification preferred, or comparable skills and knowledge. All prospective course participants without RHCE certification are encouraged to verify skills with CentOS's free online pre-assessment tests.
Goal
This course is designed to train people with RHCE-level competency on skills required to deploy and manage highly available storage data to the mission-critical enterprise computing environment. Complementing skills gained in RH401, this course delivers extensive hands-on training with the cluster file system, GFS.
Audience
Senior Community Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals working in enterprise environments and mission-critical systems.
Course Objectives
- Review Community Enterprise Linux storage management technologies
- Data storage design: Data sharing
- Cluster Suite overview
- Global File System (GFS) overview
- GFS management
- Modify the online GFS environment: Managing data capacity
- Monitor GFS
- Implement GFS modifications
- Migrating Cluster Suite NFS from DAS to GFS
- Re-visit Cluster Suite using GFS
Follow-on Courses
RHS333 Enterprise Security: Securing Network Services
RH401 Community Enterprise Deployment and Systems Management
RH423 Community Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication
RH442 Community Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning
"The class gave me a chance to use some of the latest Linux tools, and was a reminder of the benefits of using Linux for high-availability systems."--Paul W. Frields, FBI - Operational Technology Division Quantico, VA, USA