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simpleSAN
Data Protection! In
the event of a disaster (fire, flood, thief, virus, data corruption,
etc..), having your data somehow protected (a 2nd copy) could
mean the difference between your company being open for business
tomorrow and not being open for business
tomorrow. There are many levels of data protection. But more
important are the levels of restoration: the time it takes
for you to completely rebuild your data and have your customers
/ clients / end-users back to being productive again. All
the same questions posed on the Data Availability
page apply here as well. It is what method for what application
for what absolute maximum duration of down time that quantifies
and justifies the required level of data protection and thus
the investment.
With SANs, data protection can be defined and implemented
in many ways: implementing RAID levels, configuring replication,
backing up to disk, backing up to tape, backing up remotely,
etc.... iSCSI makes these data protection solutions incredibly
easy to implement. Chances are good you already have your
Ethernet network infrastructure in place. You know how to
purchase it, implement it and manage it.... It's quite possible
you have a MAN/WAN/Internet connection. So by leveraging the
Ethernet you already have in place today and using it for
additional purposes, such as remote backup or disaster recovery,
iSCSI stretches your existing investment significantly. That's
the beauty of iSCSI. It's the ease of implementation, the
low cost of hardware / software and virtually no learning
curve that enables you to start taking advantage of SANs and
protecting your data today.
simpleSAN understands the cost
of data, the cost of downtime and therefore the necessity
of data availability. We will help you choose the right level
of data / application protection for your end-users / customers
/ clients in a cost effective way that leverages your existing
Ethernet knowledge, expertise, infrastructure and investments.
iSCSI, all the availability,
scaleability and manageability benefits of fibre channel SANs
at a fraction of the cost and without the intense learning
curve.
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"iSCSI
stands to succeed because it leverages existing IP network
infrastructure and thus does not require as significant an
investment.... In the end, it wins the day because of the
enormity and entrenchment of IP networks."
- Jon William Toigo - author of "The Holy
Grail of Data Storage Management"
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