Mar 21, 2008
This paper answers this question: With the increasing demands put on IT to backup, archive and retain data for long periods of time (5-7 years) what is the best approach to providing a solution to this growing data problem?
Mar 21, 2008
As IT data growth continues into the double-digit range, midrange disk arrays are becoming the most effective way to enhance the backup application and meet disaster recovery service level agreements. Fibre channel, SATA and now SAS disk arrays are all being used to front-end the backup process.
Mar 21, 2008
This is the "classic" problem that a SAN addresses in the market. As long as SANs have been around this is the number one reason for a business to consider a SAN. You'll be surprise at how many small- to medium-sized businesses still use servers with direct-attached storage (DAS).
Mar 21, 2008
As IT departments implement VMware to consolidate servers they also now have the ability to migrate entire virtual environments from one physical server to another, provided that the underlying data is shared in disk array or SAN storage configuration.
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Mar 21, 2008
Small- to medium-sized businesses have SANs that are growing. The 16-port switch they started with has been upgraded twice. And the SAN has grown in a piece-meal fashion on a department or application basis to the point that SAN islands are appearing. IT must now decide how to consolidate the SAN to regain control and management.
Mar 21, 2008
The rapid adoption of VMware by IT departments to consolidate servers is successfully minimizing the costs of server operation, data center floor space and cooling. IDC states that 10% of all physical servers deployed in 2007 will run as Virtual Servers (VMware, XEN, or Microsoft).
Mar 21, 2008
Small- to medium-sized businesses know the importance of backup. They have grown their tape environment in a piece-meal fashion on a server or application basis to the point that they have tape drives, stackers and libraries spread throughout the organization. IT must now decide how to consolidate tape to regain control and management.
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