#3: Data Center Fundamentals (Part 3)

Question 1

LAN

Answer 1

Local area network, internal network that establishes multiple users to connect to internal company resources

Question 2

WAN

Answer 2

Wide area network, Larger networking connecting multiple LANs to enable data to travel from LAN to another

Question 3

SAN

Answer 3

Storage area network, data center networking that connects servers to storage infrastructure allowing data to travel from end-user to storage

Question 4

WAN: Wide area network, internet

Answer 4

Computer network between two local work areas, or covering a wide area, WAN can be used to connect LANs, TCP/IP and other networking protocols are used in WANs

Question 5

SAN is used for ____ data and uses _____

Answer 5

block data, FC/iSCSI

Question 6

UNIFIED is known as ________ and is used for _____ data

Answer 6

multi-protocol, block and file

Question 7

NAS is used for _____ and uses ______

Answer 7

file data, CIFS/NFS

Question 8

IT budget

Answer 8

> 70% of the budget goes to keep the lights on and <30% of IT budgets go to innovation and competitive advantage

Question 9

Fixed data center costs

Answer 9

costs that are consistent and unchanging during a period of time (rent)

Question 10

Variable data center costs (OPEX)

Answer 10

costs that change depending on usage of a good/service