About the White Paper:
The time has come to deploy external RAID for the application servers. The decision now is whether the external RAID will be direct attached to the servers (DAS) or networked storage (SAN). Although this appears to be a fairly simple decision, it will have both budgetary and management repercussions.
This paper will facilitate that decision process by focusing on the buying criteria and the implications of deploying DAS or SAN RAID. Keys points include:
Shared external RAID by more than two (2) servers within the next 24 months?
Shared attach servers include Microsoft? Windows NT? or Windows? 2000?
The relative locations of the server(s) to the external RAID storage?
Importance of storage security?
The number of managed RAIDs?
Business continuity issues?
The number of Fibre Channel SAN knowledge workers?
Budget concerns, capital, or operating?
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