Storage Consolidation - turning many into one
Icomm majors on robust execution, which demands extensive research and planning around your systems, networks and data centres. We follow a best practice process when it comes to implementation that gives customers total assurance in our work.
Data centre rationalisation focuses on unlocking capability and requires innovative end-to-end proposals that demand design, procurement, implementation, training and support. Icomm excels in all these areas and boasts Gold and Enterprise level partnerships with the best in the industry including NetApp, VMware and HP, amongst others.
Specifically for storage, Icomm offers affordable user-friendly NetApp SANs and often combines VMware to virtualise the storage solution. NetApp opens the door to greater levels of backup and business continuity through easy to configure multi-site data replication. This can in turn facilitate quicker recovery time objectives and improved business continuity. NetApp should therefore be a best-of-breed part of any storage solution.
A consideration of better storage often goes hand-in-hand with a broader consolidation of infrastructure and Icomm is perfectly positioned to provide guidance and delivery of an integrated virtualised server and storage environment. We can consult with your team on appropriate complimentary hardware and software upgrades if required.
What is a SAN?
A SAN or Storage Area Network is an architecture allowing storage devices, such as disk arrays or tape libraries, to connect to servers in such a way that the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system.
In contrast with direct-attached storage (DAS), SANs separate the data storage function from the data processing (server) function, allowing greater storage flexibility and utilisation, and easier central management.
SANs differ from other types of network storage by using block-level access methods instead of the traditional file-level access methods used for shared file space or NAS appliances.
SANs may use the Fibre Channel (FC) networking protocol, connected over fibre optic cables to FC switches, which are connected together to form a storage network or "fabric." An alternative is the iSCSI protocol, an implementation of the well-known SCSI command set designed to work over fast ethernet neworks.
More about NetApp
NetApp helps optimize storage by consolidating files from Windows®, Microsoft® Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server®, Microsoft Office SharePoint® and virtual machines whilst automating common tasks. It is the perfect complement to any virtual server environment. Critically, NetApp offers a refreshingly affordable approach to storage. No longer is storage consolidation as expensive as it is perceived.
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[Include NetApp product USP table as appears on Jon Ellis’ document titled EMC vs NetAPP and Del vs NetApp – need a combo table building.Q? Could we host the three competitor Q&A tables on the site or is this bad practice – perhaps host just specific areas of it.]
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