Storage Area Networks (SAN)

As modern networks have become more complex, so has information management. How you store, archive and retrieve data is fundamental to serving the customers on your network. A SAN solution simplies your data management process, shrinks your network administration time requirements and adds a new level of data protection.

Storage Area Network

Benefits of a SAN

  • The efficiency of your network storage resources is maximized.
  • Storage utilization and expansion forecasting on your network is improved significantly.
  • Snapshot backups permit testing and upgrades without risking your production system.

Save time with a SAN

  • Backups and restores take you only seconds--not hours.
  • Network congestion is reduced because
    your data is stored on a separate network.
  • Your network administrators use less time managing consolidated storage space.

Save money with a SAN

  • Improved disk space utilization lowers your storage costs by deferring disk procurement.
  • Reducing or eliminating the need for back-up servers reduces your storage costs.
  • Server space can be allocated immediately - saving you costly expansion projects.

Our SAN Methodology

Technica engineers have the knowledge and expertise to access your current storage capability and determine how a SAN solution can benefit you.  Our methodology includes a systematic approach to solution development.

Step One:  Planning

Technica engineers make a comprehensive inventory of your network needs and produce a requirements analysis that includes a review of these network elements:

  • Continuity of Operation (COOP)
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Backup and Restore Policies and Procedures
  • Capacity Planning
  • Storage Utilization
  • Information Lifecycle Management
  • Security (Data-at-Rest and Data-in-Motion)
  • Regulatory Compliance

Step Two:  Design

In this phase we provide you with a Storage Architecture Plan to explain any network issues we need to address in your solution.  This plan will be the roadmap for future technology planning and acquisitions.  At this point we also complete functional, integration, and performance testing to identify and proactively anticipate and resolve any installation issues.

Solutions

Hardware we use:

  • Storage Arrays
    (SCSI, Fibre Channel and SATA)
  • Fibre Channel Switches
  • Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
  • NAS Devices
  • Tape Devices
  • Fibre Channel Extenders
  • Storage Virtualization
    Appliances
  • Data Security Appliances



Technology we use:

  • Fibre Channel Storage Networking
  • Storage Virtualization
  • Snapshot Technology
  • Disk-to-Disk Backups
  • Replication/Mirroring (Synchronous & Asynchronous)



Step Three:  Implementation

We will deliver an Implementation Plan to meet your specific needs for turnkey installation and configuration or support focused on the areas you specify.

Step Four:  Operation

We will provide training on the areas you specify including the architecture, the SAN technology, and the equipment configuration.  This training can be provided in our training facility or at your location.

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