If you’re an up and coming smaller-sized business, a Storage Area Network (SAN) may be the perfect solution for you. SAN is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage. Mainly used to enhance storage devices, SAN typically has its known network of storage devices. The main objective of a SAN is to facilitate the exchange of data between operating systems and storage elements.
So why is it the solution for your business?
Your organization’s data center infrastructure must evolved at rapid speeds in order to improve resiliency, increase business responsiveness, and keep up with the growing demands of new applications- while still reducing overall power consumption. Storage costs are increasing and growing faster than server costs, which results in the need for efficient and cost-effective SANs.
- Simplicity: SAN simplifies the network infrastructure and makes it much easier to manage
- Management: SAN makes information lifecycle management easier because of the integrated view of the data that it offers
- Cost: SAN complements expensive business applications that demand instant and real-time information
- Sharing: Sharing storage usually simplifies storage administration and adds flexibility since cables and storage devices don’t have the need to be physically moved and shifted from one server to another
- Easy: Servers are allowed to boot from the SAN itself which allows easy replacement of faulty servers
- Recovery: SANs tend to enable a more effective disaster recovery processes
If this sounds beneficial and you are in the market for a Storage Area Network, give AeroCom a call! Avoid trying to search for carriers, and let one of our pricing geniuses assist you and your business in finding the best available prices & quotes for SANs! We represent every provider, so let us help you!
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