Estate review
Inventory arrays, pools, hosts and fabric paths; identify stranded capacity, single points of failure and unsupported components.
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EXPERTISE / 04—06
Enterprise SAN/NAS.
Choose and manage shared storage across vendors, protocols and generations of equipment.
THE FOCUS
A storage decision should start with service levels and application behaviour, not a preferred logo. We compare architectures against the estate you already operate.
WHERE WE START
Mixed-vendor environments can hide dependencies between arrays, fabrics and hosts. We build a clear picture of connectivity, capacity and support status before a consolidation or replacement.
THE WORK / 01—03
How we approach it.
Platform selection
Compare block and file approaches against performance, data services, expansion options and the practical needs of administrators.
Consolidation
Design data movement in stages, validating host compatibility, multipathing and application cutovers along the way.
QUESTIONS THAT MATTER
Better answers start with the right questions.
- 01Do applications need block, file or both, and at what service level?
- 02Where do fabric design and host settings create avoidable risk?
- 03Will consolidation simplify operations or merely relocate complexity?
PLATFORMS & CAPABILITIES
Dell EMC PowerStore & PowerMax · Pure Storage FlashArray · IBM Storage · Cisco MDS
THE DELIVERABLE
A vendor-comparison or consolidation plan grounded in measured workloads, connectivity and lifecycle requirements.
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