Storage Area Networks

The good news for IT executives envisioning an open storage-centric infrastructure for their organizations is that they don’t have to make an “either-or” choice today between NAS and SAN solutions.  In fact, many companies consider NAS a first-step toward an eventual SAN deployment.  Other organizations are looking to move ahead quickly with SAN technology to achieve early and sustainable competitive advantage by leveraging their information resources.  And industry-leading vendors are rolling out “SAN-ready” products with great fanfare.

Although the implications of falling behind and not keeping pace with technology can be devastating to a business’s ability to compete, the impact of a major architecture change can be huge and potentially disruptive.  The margin for error is thin, the technology is still largely unproven- standards are not fully ratified and many interoperability issues have yet to be resolved- and the data management is complex.

However a company chooses to proceed- from “test the waters” to “full speed ahead”- success will depend in large part on a carefully defined strategy and detailed planning.  SciSys Computer Group has a proven track record and a listed process to accomplish the required steps to be taken to implement a successful SAN strategy for your business computing environment.

Scisys Computer Group will assist your company in developing a SAN architecture to meet changing business requirements with the following documented process: 

Process

  • Assessment and strategy

  • Inventory and analyze current data and storage environment

  • Understand business climate and objectives, and their impact on future storage requirements

  • Define the overall approach for storage utilization and deployment across the enterprise

  • Define the overall approach for data access design and implementation for the enterprise

  • Determine a strategy for phasing in new technology and integrating with the existing investments and infrastructure

 

  • Planning and Design

Define the tactical and operational plans for different aspects of storage operations, including:

  • Reliability management

  • Network availability management

  • Fault detection and recovery planning, covering hardware and software

  • Failure isolation and failure management

  • Dynamic reallocation of network resources

  • Develop objectives, time frame, resources, measurements and reporting for implementation

Design storage architecture that supports business goals, addressing:

  • Storage system software

  • System interoperability

  • Storage Capacity

  • Performance

  • Connectivity Issues

  • Standards

  • Scalability

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Last Updated: April 2, 2007