Learning path
Dell PowerFlex
Skill Level
Fundamentals
Duration 8 hours 30 minutes
Updated Nov 10, 2024
About this learning path
Introducing the Dell PowerFlex Fundamentals Learning Path! In this learning path, you will learn about the basics of Dell PowerFlex, a software-defined storage platform that delivers high performance, scalability, and flexibility. You will also explore the hardware and networking components of Dell PowerFlex, as well as the system architecture and software features. Finally, you will understand how Dell PowerFlex uses protection domains, storage pools, and fault sets to ensure data availability and resiliency. By the end of this learning path, you will have a solid foundation of Dell PowerFlex and its capabilities.
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Prerequisites
- Eager to learn about Dell PowerFlex
What you'll learn
- What is PowerFlex and what are its main features and benefits
- How PowerFlex delivers software-defined storage with a distributed mesh-mirror architecture
- What are the components of the PowerFlex software and how they interact with each other
- Learn how protection domains group storage nodes into logical units for high availability and data protection
- Learn how storage pools provide diverse granularity and efficient data management for physical storage devices
- Learn how fault sets enable fault tolerance and load balancing for storage nodes within a protection domain