Whether storage needs to be direct-attached, shared, or networked
Storage Solutions
Storage decisions affect day-to-day performance, data protection, recovery time, and long-term cost. Point Systems starts with the workloads, locations, growth expectations, and recovery objectives behind the requirement, then helps shape a storage design that is supportable in practice rather than simply selecting the largest hardware specification.
What To Consider
Storage planning for growing data volumes, backup, recovery, and practical server environments.
Backup and disaster recovery requirements
How branch offices and remote users access data
Growth, management, and support overhead
Technical Building Blocks
We help combine the right components, support cover, and implementation plan around the workloads that matter.
Direct-attached storageNAS and networked storageIP SAN and iSCSI approachesDisk-to-disk backup and replication
A storage decision should answer three questions
Capacity is only one part of the decision. The same design should also make data available, protected, and recoverable.
Where does it live?
Choose direct-attached, networked, or shared storage around workloads, sites, and user access.
How is it protected?
Build backup, retention, separation, and tested restore paths into the design from the outset.
How will it grow?
Allow for changing capacity, performance, support cover, and refresh cycles without creating unnecessary complexity.
Architecture Priorities
Important points to consider when reviewing this area for your organisation.
- Capacity planning
- Backup and recovery design
- Branch-office support
- Supplier and hardware sourcing