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SCI periodically publishes periodic Storage Intelligence (StorInt) Buying Guides and Briefings on subjects of interest to data center storage administrators and other IT staff. Currently, we offer buying guides on SAN-NAS, NAS system and SAN storage solutions.
All SCI Storage Buying Guides were written by Ray Lucchesi, a 30 year storage industry veteran, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in file storage, and an award-winning speaker and frequent podcaster on IT topics. Also Ray tweets (@RayLucchesi), blogs at RayOnStorage.com and publishes a free monthly newsletter which discusses storage performance and industry news. At his former employer, Ray helped develop enterprise class storage systems for over 20 years and has been an highly respected, storage industry analyst since then.
SAN Storage Buying Guide
SAN Storage Buying Guide
Our recently updated (Nov., 2011), Storage Area Network (SAN) Storage Buying Guide provides a comprehensive review of SAN data storage technology, functionality and performance for critical applications. Customers purchase this guide to help them compare, evaluate and select new SAN storage solutions. To learn more about this briefing see our SAN Storage Buying Guide page.
- Consists of 40 pages of text, product comparison tables and performance charts
- Discusses over 12 advanced SAN storage technology features,
- Includes 4 product tables, comparing 43 enterprise, mid-range and low-end SAN storage subsystems using 28 system characteristics
- Includes 19 block storage performance charts covering Top 30 SPC-1 & -2 and Top 20 Exchange 2010 (ESRP v3) results,
- Comes as a spiral bound document, and
- Costs $280 plus shipping.
Network Attached Storage (NAS) Buying Guide
NAS StorInt(tm) Buying Guide
Our up-to-date (Oct., 2011) Networked Attached Storage (NAS) Buying Guide helps one choose between the many NAS system alternatives available in the market today. It provides a comprehensive review of NAS technology and features, including system performance from SPECsfs(R) benchmark results. This guide is especially useful for those data centers mired in direct attached storage looking for a better way. It also supplies extensive NAS product feature comparison tables. To learn more about this buying guide see our NAS Buying Guide page.
- Consists of 30 pages of text, table and charts
- Provides 4 pages of NAS solution feature comparison tables for 47 current NAS solutions,
- Includes 7 system performance charts covering NFS and CIFS performance rankings for top 20 NAS systems from SPECsfs2008 results,
- Comes as a spiral bound document, and
- Costs $196 plus shipping.
SAN-NAS Buying Guide
SAN-NAS Buying Guide
Our recently created (Feb., 2012), SAN-NAS Storage Buying Guide provides an an introduction into both NAS and SAN storage technology, functionality and performance for data center use. Customers having difficulty deciding between block or file storage for new applications can use this guide to help them make better decisions. To learn more about this buying guide please see our SAN-NAS Buying Guide page.
- Consists of 17 pages of text and charts,
- Discusses when to buy NAS vs. SAN storage technology,
- Cncludes 4 subsystem performance charts covering top SPECsfs2008, SPC-1 & -2 and Exchange 2010 (ESRP v3) results,
- Comes as a spiral bound document, and
- Costs $164 plus shipping.
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Briefing and Buying Guide Discounts Available
We offer a 10% discount for purchasing any combination of our buying guides. The NAS and SAN Storage Buying Guides together can provide an in-depth review of both SAN and NAS storage solutions and our SAN-NAS Buying guide was created specifically to help IT answer whether a SAN array or NAS storage is right for their data center applications.
If you are interested in an even more significant discount off list price for providing a customer testimonial on our storage buying guides, please give us a call at +1-720-221-7270.
Contact information for other questions
For other questions please visit our FAQ page, or if you have any questions about any of our Buying Guide’s feel free to call us 8am-5pm MT, Mon-Fri at +1-720-221-7270 or you can send an email to Questions@SilvertonConsulting.com. If you prefer you can also send your questions to:
Silverton Consulting, P.O. Box 492, Broomfield, CO 80038-0492
SCI Refund and Shipping policies
Our refund and shipping policies can be downloaded for examination below.
SCI Refund Policy (PDF 124.4 KiB)
We offer a 30-day 100% money back, full satisfaction guarantee. If you are dissatisfied with your StorIntTM|StratIntTM|SysintTM briefing or buying guide for any reason, return it undamaged within 30 days, tell us why you are returning it, and we will refund your purchase price.
SCI Shipping Policy (PDF 114.8 KiB)
All PDF items will be downloadable from our website. You will receive information on how to do this in an email from us, after purchase.
All document items are shipped FedEx ground or overnight delivery, shipping fees will be added to your order. Please allow 3 to 5 business days for ground delivery within the US and longer outside the US.
For other questions
If you have further questions about any of our StorInt(TM) products please feel free to give us a call 8am-5pm MT, Monday-Friday at +1-720-221-7270, or drop us an email at Questions@SilvertonConsulting.com. Also you can always send your questions to:
Silverton Consulting, P.O. Box 492, Broomfield, CO 80038-0492.
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