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Emtec's Storage Assessment Service is an in-depth, vendor-neutral analysis of your data storage environment, including a review of storage utilization, resource management, allocation and current procedures. This analysis can provide you with a basis to develop new or enhance existing storage policies, including establishing achievable Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and a comprehensive Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategy.
The findings of a Storage Assessment often results in extracting increased value from your existing storage infrastructure and eliminating unnecessary spending on additional capacity or new technology. Architecting your storage infrastructure should start with a clear understanding of what data is being stored and what the business value of that data is. A solution can then be tailored that takes into consideration IT priorities and cost-efficient solutions.
Here are some points of consideration:
- Do I have multiple copies of the same file kept on expensive storage?
- How much non-business data am I supporting (i.e. MP3 music files or other Internet files that have been downloaded by employees)?
- Who owns the data? When was it last accessed? When was it last backed up? How many former employees still 'own' storage space on my servers?
- Which data is really active and critical and must be kept within instant reach and which can be safely archived (i.e. stale data)?
- Which volumes are under/over utilized? In particular, which partitions are exceeding recommended capacity levels and causing system degradation or outages?
- How do my current storage and backup processes stand up to the latest in state and federal compliance requirements for data accessibility?
Benefits of a Storage Assessment include:
- Carefully planned storage purchases that deliver measurable ROI
- Improved Backup/Recovery plan to ensure business continuity
- Increased storage management capabilities resulting in higher TCO
- Improved Performance - Increased User Productivity
- Identification and classification of existing business data to determine ILM and Regulatory Compliance requirements.
Want to learn more?
Click Here to download our whitepaper: Not All Data is Created Equal: Designing and Managing a Tiered Storage Environment (PDF)
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