The right questions can illuminate a solution as brightly as the right answers can. At Adexis, data storage solutions deliver the best performance, capacity and cost.
Cost: Is your budget compatible with your storage strategy?
Disk-based Storage Solutions
Adexis Insight
What to Watch for
Internal storage
Easily deployed
Not easily shared
Direct-attached storage
Easily deployed
Controlling server is a bottle neck
SAN-attached storage
Share disk frames
Management challenges
Network-attached storage
Easily deployed
Increased network traffic
Stand-alone disk drive
Easily deployed
Lack of scalability
SATA frame
Inexpensive
Potentially slower
Departmental frame
Best value for price
Not as fast as enterprise
Enterprise frame
Fastest disk available
More costly
Tape-based Storage Solutions
Adexis Insight
What to Watch for
Near line tape
Scalable, economical
Slow
Offline tape
Most economical storage
Slower
Storage Area Network As your data assets grow, a carefully considered SAN design can help close the gap between the sheer quantity of storage data and the amount that is adequately protected. Check out the Brocade SAN Architectural Brief.
Deduplication Storage What's the inside scoop about consolidated support for backup, archiving and other nearline applications? See the Data Domain opinion.
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