| The Business Case for Storage Networks:
- Introduces the benefits of storage networks, providing a comprehensive business case for the adoption and deployment of storage networking solutions
- Provides a complete overview of the TCO methodology for storage networks
- Summarizes the EVA, NPV, and ROI metrics used to evaluate projects, ensuring their financial success
- Outlines the best practices for executing a storage migration strategy
- Includes a TCO calculator and decision-making checklist that you can use to assess your decision
Storage networking technologies promise a high return on investment (ROI) and have the potential to reduce the cost of corporate IT functions, which can result in significant savings. The increased efficiency associated with networked storage also promises a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for storage, and a lower, fully burdened cost of storage means greater long-term savings for large and small corporate datacenter environments. SAN technologies also offer increased business continuance capabilities for increased uptime and availability.
The Business Case for Storage Networks covers the problem of direct-attached storage (DAS) and the solutions offered by storage area networks. It details the experiences of IT decision makers and implementers who have deployed SAN solutions to address the formidable problems facing their companies, which are now overwhelmed with expensive, inefficient, and difficult-to-manage DAS solutions. The Business Case for Storage Networks addresses the problems of storage growth and increased consumption, the role of the IT department as a cost center, and how SAN technologies can help save money in the long run, helping you make an informed decision about your storage networking investment. | |
