SAN-NAS Buying Guide

Name: SAN-NAS Buying Guide
SKU: SANNAS-0036
Availability: InStock

$497.00 – $537.00

SAN-NAS Buying Guide provides guidance on the selection between SAN block and NAS file storage for your application environment. We also provide some performance information and detailed questions to ask your storage vendors before you buy.

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Description

Description

SAN & NAS Storage Features
We describe important features of file and block storage
When to use block vs. file storage
We provide guidance on deciding between SAN vs. NAS storage
Performance of SAN & NAS systems
We supply select data on file and block IO performance
Questions for SAN & NAS vendors
We identify key questions to ask on SAN & NAS storage

NAS & SAN Storage Features

After describing various storage alternatives, we detail some of the more important features of NAS and SAN storage systems.

When to use NAS vs. SAN storage

Deciding where to use NAS or SAN storage is not difficult but does require an understanding of their basic characteristics and where they work best.

Performance of NAS & SAN storage

We supply select information on different file and block protocol performance so to help you decide what’s best for your datacenter.

Some recent file IO performance posts

SCI’s latest SPEC sfs2014 performance report as of Dec.’19

April 22, 2019

Latest SPEC sfs2014 performance results as of September ’18

January 3, 2019

Questions for SAN & NAS vendors

We supply over 20 questions to ask your SAN and NAS vendors before you purchase, so that you make an informed decision on what to buy.

Entry-level, all-flash storage can cost $25,000 & up

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Feature descriptions
When to use
SAN & NAS protocol performance
Questions to ask

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$537

Feature descriptions
When to use
SAN & NAS protocol performance
Questions to ask
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Frequently Asked Questions

After you purchase any of our Storage Buying Guides, you will immediately be sent a purchase receipt by email with a download link for the Storage Buying Guide PDF. You will also receive a link to an online copy of the purchase receipt so that you can review it later if needed. You will be able to download a copy of the Buying Guide with the link and open-read/copy/print the downloaded PDF without any restrictions. If you also purchased a hard copy of the Storage Buying Guide, you will receive a spiral bound copy of the Storage Buying Guide by general post in a business week or longer, if outside the United States.

Recent storage performance results
Analysis of latest storage benchmark results.
Storage News
Evaluation of recent storage and systems announcements.
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SAN-NAS Buying Guide