File System

Database Management System (DBMS)

DBMS

•      Database is a structured way to store data in logically organized tables that are interrelated

4  Helps to optimize the storage and retrieval of data

•      DBMS controls the creation, maintenance, and use of databases

4  Processes an application’s request for data

4  Instructs the OS to retrieve the appropriate data from storage

                       •      Popular DBMS examples are MySQL, Oracle RDBMS, SQL Server, etc.

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

•      Enables individuals and organizations to use IT resources as a service over network

•      Enables self-service requesting and automates request-fulfillment process

8  Enables users to scale up or scale down the usage of computing resources quickly

•      Enables consumption-based metering

8  Consumers pay only for the resources they use

8  Example: CPU hours used, amount of data transferred, and Gigabytes of data stored

Virtualization in Information storage management

Virtualization is a technique of abstracting physical resources and making them appear as logical resources

4  For example partitioning of raw disks

Pools physical resources and provides an aggregated view of physical resource capabilities

Virtual resources can be created from pooled physical resources

4  Improves utilization of physical IT resources

What is Data?

It is a collection of raw facts from which conclusions may be drawn.

•      Data is converted into more convenient form − digital data
•      Factors for digital data growth are:

Ø  Increase in data-processing capabilities

Ø  Lower cost of digital storage

Ø  Affordable and faster communication technology

Ø  Proliferation of applications and smart devices

It Might be about Best Horizontal Geyser in India kind of topics

Why Information Storage and Management?

•Information is the knowledge derived from data

•Growth of digital information has resulted in information explosion

•We live in an on-command, on-demand world

Ø We need information when and where required

•Increasing dependency on fast and reliable access to information

•Businesses seek to store, protect, optimize, and leverage the information

Ø To gain competitive advantage

Ø To derive new business opportunity