simpleSAN - SANs made simple through the use of iSCSI

Welcome to simpleSAN! Evangelists of iSCSI!
simpleSAN is an integrator, solutions provider, reseller, consultant and evangelist of iSCSI platform storage and IP-SANs. Located in Atlanta, Ga, we provide simpleSAN - SANs made simple through the use of iSCSI.

solutions, both hardware and software, along with consulting services that enable your company to take advantage of this new (but proven), lesser cost Storage Area Network (SAN) protocol. At simpleSAN, we understand the three top issues all organizations face when comes to investing in their future: (1) How much is this going to cost me? (2) How much is this going to save me? and (3) How much will this make me? As pertaining to your company's lifeblood, your data, iSCSI, IP-SANs and simpleSAN, can help you benefit from all three of these concerns.

For most small to medium sized businesses (SMBs), Fibre Channel SANs are financially "out- of-reach" but are still very much needed because of the limited staff and internal expertise most small companies operate on. iSCSI, often called the "Poor Man's SAN", allows these type companies to take advantage of the long-term savings SANs provide.

If you have shied away from SANs (Fibre Channel) because of the cost, complexity, compatibility issues, it's proprietary nature and the necessity of introducing a whole new network infrastructure to your organization, iSCSI is here to change all that. Take what you know (or heard) about fibre channel SANs and forget the propriety hassles, the high costs associated with the hardware and the dedicated personnel needed to manage the infrastructure. Chances are good that you already own what is takes to implement the iSCSI solution: CAT5 cabling, Ethernet cards and Ethernet switches. All you need is the iSCSI enabled storage and maybe a iSCSI-to-SCSI router to integrate your tape drive / tape library or legacy JBOD storage gear.

Sure, discussions about and augmentation of your Ethernet infrastructure maybe necessary, but the benefits (gained performance and availability enhancements for both block-level & file-level access across your enterprise) far out-weighs the initial costs. iSCSI allows you to easily implement storage consolidation, central management, storage pooling, tape library sharing, remote data protection, remote backup and a true disaster recovery plan with the ease of Ethernet / IP. Then sit back and take advantage of manageability, availability and scaleability of storage area networks. With iSCSI SANs, you will realize a quick return on investment and how it will significantly reduce your total costs of ownership of storage and storage related solutions.

Let simpleSAN help you take the complexity and costs out of data storage / Storage Management and provide you with a comfort level of knowing that your lifeblood, your data, will always be available, protected and safe.

iSCSI, all the availability, scaleability and manageability benefits of fibre channel SANs at a fraction of the cost and without the intense learning curve.