IT MANAGEMENT
The most basic, fundamental reason for IT is to manage information; how information is stored and accessed, how information is sorted and delivered, and how information is protected.
Where should you store your data? Today there are many options around storage. Whether you use traditional high performance fiber attached storage arrays or iSCSI storage over Ethernet or even “Cloud” based hosted storage, there are many decisions to be made. These decisions are a balancing act between performance, reliability and cost.
Not all information should be stored the same way. Ten year old archive data stored on expensive high performing solid state disk is an obvious example of misuse and waste, but what if the scenario is less obvious? How can you decide if moving the accounting system to an iSCSI SAN is a good idea? Is keeping the warehouse management system on fiber attached storage the right solution? Will hosted storage work for your file repository?
Where should you store your data? Today there are many options around storage. Whether you use traditional high performance fiber attached storage arrays or iSCSI storage over Ethernet or even “Cloud” based hosted storage, there are many decisions to be made. These decisions are a balancing act between performance, reliability and cost.
Not all information should be stored the same way. Ten year old archive data stored on expensive high performing solid state disk is an obvious example of misuse and waste, but what if the scenario is less obvious? How can you decide if moving the accounting system to an iSCSI SAN is a good idea? Is keeping the warehouse management system on fiber attached storage the right solution? Will hosted storage work for your file repository?