1 / 11

From Kilobytes to Yottabytes- Where to from here? What capacity do companies really need

From Kilobytes to Yottabytes- Where to from here? What capacity do companies really need. By Ansu Sooful. Agenda . Storage Challenges Where to from Here? Forming a Storage Strategy Moving towards a Utility Storage Architecture What capacity do you really need? Conclusion.

osanna
Download Presentation

From Kilobytes to Yottabytes- Where to from here? What capacity do companies really need

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. From Kilobytes to Yottabytes-Where to from here?What capacity do companies really need By Ansu Sooful

  2. Agenda • Storage Challenges • Where to from Here? • Forming a Storage Strategy • Moving towards a Utility Storage Architecture • What capacity do you really need? • Conclusion

  3. Storage Challenges • Faster growing IT resource – Business requires storage on demand • Reliability and Availability Demands • Speed to access Data • Legal and compliance requirements • IT departments under pressure to deliver Management of Information is key to meeting current storage challenges

  4. Real Data Growth A truly scalable architecture is required for dramatic data growth

  5. Where to from Here

  6. Forming a Strategy Understanding the business data • What are the business requirements for the data • Profile your Data – What, Why, When, Who. • Archival and Retrieval Strategy • Data Security • Avoid Duplication Not everything has to be online, however, Ensure that there is always ONE well Managed source.

  7. Forming a StrategyOptimization • Common Standards • Consolidation • Tiered Storage • Virtualization • Central Management Create common goals and objectives Amongst role players.

  8. Moving to a Storage UtilityCompany Dynamics User/Silo Control Cost Reduction and Management control Utility Storage Shared Architecture Independent SAN Direct Attached Get support from the highest possible level and activity ensure participation from all stakeholders

  9. How much storage is do you need? • Common wisdom says that your Storage requirements double every year. • Capacity reviews occur twice a year. • Proper classification of data with relevant attached value is key • Know that your storage requirements will grow exponentially and plan for it.

  10. Conclusion • Understand the business • Understand the classification and value of the data. (not all data is equal) • Build an open and scalable architecture • Put pressure on Vendors to bring in Vitualisation across multiple vendor platforms. • Also push for SRM solutions that allow foe management of ALL SANs and NAS environements within an oganistion

  11. Thank you

More Related