Consolidated Storage, Improved Efficiency
As a business grows, so does its storage requirements. With an increasing number of files, emails, databases and application data, it needs more storage capacity to keep information.
To accommodate this surge, a company usually acquires storage units piecemeal, sometimes with each coming from a different vendor, using a unique management system. Operating these isolated islands of storage can be quite time-consuming, expensive and inefficient.
A popular and efficient answer to this storage problem is to consolidate their resources in a virtualized IT storage area network (SAN).
No longer just for enterprise-level data centers, SANs provide a wide range of benefits for businesses of all sizes. From streamlining infrastructure, expanding capacity and saving space to increasing performance and reducing overhead, SANs are efficient solutions to storage requirements.
SAN enables enterprises to move beyond the constraints of server-attached storage. Traditional storage architectures provide only limited space for disk drives, forcing IT departments to buy more servers as their storage needs grow. Networked storage, on the other hand, separates data management from servers, which enables companies to consolidate equipment and reduce maintenance, facilities and software licensing costs.
Segregating storage and servers also enables IT departments to speed up operations, such as data backup, because these tasks do not compete for the same system resources. In addition, a SAN can leverage an array of high-speed network protocols, including Fibre Channel. This improved performance is especially important today because heightened network use minimizes backup windows.
In addition, a SAN simplifies the management of business continuity processes, strengthening a company's resiliency in the event of disasters. Companies can use a SAN to mirror critical information at distributed locations, which helps ensure quick recovery without any downtime.
The first step in exploring a virtualized storage solution for your company is to consult with an experienced IT storage partner. That’s why many IT managers turn to Dell. With a rich history of implementing SANs for a number of companies of all sizes, Dell is a premier end-to-end virtualized storage consolidation provider.
A Dell SAN solution can help you to:
- Consolidate storage in a central location
- Expand storage capacity and performance
- Scale up your storage solutions as you grow
- Use fewer servers and reduce facility space
- Simplify IT operations
- Work with multiple OS environments
- Reduce expenditures
- Increase data availability and protect against downtime
As your IT partner, Dell will help you choose the SAN solution that fulfills your storage requirements now and in the future.
If you need an affordable, high-performance modular disk storage solution, you might want to look at the Dell PowerVault™ MD3000i. Or, if you need to keep up with the demands of your increasing data and application growth, the Dell AX4-5I might be the answer. For businesses and remote offices that need virtual server deployments, the Dell EqualLogic™ PS4000 Series provides an affordable solution.
Every company has different storage needs. That’s why we invite you to call us at Dell so we can discuss your particular needs. Together we’ll analyze your situation and create a customized solution that can bring you the efficiency, productivity and cost savings that you desire.
