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Are there many common suppliers of SAN's? Who are the main players in this area? And do they come in allsorts of models? I.e. what would a top level SAN have that a lower level (cheaper) SAN doesnt?
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Are there many common suppliers of SAN's? Who are the main players in this area? And do they come in allsorts of models? I.e. what would a top level SAN have that a lower level (cheaper) SAN doesnt?

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HP, NetApp, EMC, Dell Equallogic.<br />
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functionality!
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HP, NetApp, EMC, Dell Equallogic.

functionality!

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I would speak to multiple sets of vendors as HP/IBM/EMC to see their products more in depth. Make sure you check the following: Interoperability, Management, Reliability, Performance , functionality, Value.
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I would speak to multiple sets of vendors as HP/IBM/EMC to see their products more in depth. Make sure you check the following: Interoperability, Management, Reliability, Performance , functionality, Value.

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I'm trying to understand SAN storage a bit further, I work in a risk team not an IT technical team, but if you took on an infrastructure role what kind of details would you want to know about your storage? How do you profile/document a SAN? To gather some useful questions about your SAN what kind of questions would you ask?
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I'm trying to understand SAN storage a bit further, I work in a risk team not an IT technical team, but if you took on an infrastructure role what kind of details would you want to know about your storage? How do you profile/document a SAN? To gather some useful questions about your SAN what kind of questions would you ask?

SAN basics

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Storage

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Disaster Recovery

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