Free Course:

Intro to Storage

This course will explore computer storage, covering the full spectrum of storage media, including characteristics, form factors, protocols, and interfaces. Students will learn about removable media, hard disk drives, and solid-state drives, understanding how computers store and access data across different media types such as magnetic, optical, and solid-state. The course delves into the operating system’s role in data management—covering reading, writing, formatting, and protecting data—while explaining the significance of processes like defragmentation. Key concepts such as file systems, RAID levels, metadata, file attributes, compression, and data safety will be explored, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of how to manage and safeguard data effectively.

About This Course

Key components of the course include:

  • Describe computer storages media, characteristics, form factors, protocols, and interfaces
  • List examples and characteristics of removable media, hard disk drives, and solid state drives
  • Describe how computers store and read bits from paper, magnetic media, optical media, and solid-state drives
  • Describe the operating systems role in preparing, reading, writing, representing, maintaining, and protecting data and data storage devices
  • Describe the reason for defragmenting a hard disk drive
  • List file system types
  • Describe journaling, partitions, drives, volumes, directories, folders and other storage terms
  • Define metadata, attributes, and compression as it applies to files
  • Explain how computers use extensions to associate files with programs
  • Describes ways in which we can keep data safe
  • Describe RAID levels and how they work
  • Describes ways in which we make data more accessible
  • Explain what a file server, network-attached storage (NAS), cloud storage, and databases are

Understanding Data Storage

  • How we store data
  • How data is managed
  • How we maintain safety and accessibility of our data

Learn it Right, Learn it Well, and Reap the Rewards

Spending the time now to fully understand what an operating system is and how it functions can lead to efficiency in studying future topics

Who Should Take this Course:

  • Anyone wanting to get into a career in IT

How to Take This Course!

Option #1 – Watch this course on YouTube. For convenience, I’ve included links to the videos down below

Option #2 – Take this course on Udemy. This is not a free option, but has the advantage of a full learning management system, no commercials, and completion certificates.

Here’s the link to the Udemy Course:

 [Link Coming Soon]

Course Content

Coming soon

This course is fully filmed and is in the process of being edited. Estimated arrival is in February 2025.

Module 0 – Welcome and Getting Started

 

Module 1 – Storage Devices

 

Module 2 – Storage Media

 

Module 3 – Using Storage Devices

 

Module 4 – Files and File Attributes

 

Module 5 – Keeping Files Safe

 

Module 6 – Accessing Data

 

Module X – Wrap Up

 

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