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Miles Consulting Corp is an industry leader in implementing Storage Area Network
(SAN) solutions. Our SAN consulting services help enterprise customers
to increase efficiencies within their data storage infrastructure. We can help our
customers to migrate from a direct-attached architecture to a networked storage
environment, implement an effective data protection and recovery strategy, or fully
assess customers current environment to improve asset utilization rates and management
efficiencies. Our certified experts provide deep industry expertise surrounding
all leading networked storage technologies including EMC.
Considering iSCSI? We have staff certified on Dell Equallogic, Compellent,
and other vendor systems offering this compelling technology. We understand
that when comparing Fibre Channel and iSCSI, there are many questions about cost,
speed, performance, interoperability and reliability. We can guide you
through the choices with details on TOEs vs. HBAs and usability.
Regardless of the choice you make, we have proven expertise with the installation
of both types of products.
MCC SAN experts work closely with your staff to analyze your SAN environment
and maximize availability. Your SAN is thoroughly reviewed for supportability.
We'll provide you with configuration details and a topology map to assist in
fault isolation, daily operation, and planning for future growth. In addition, we
can help with firmware upgrade planning and implementation, as well as change
management planning.
We are Dell Certified and Equallogic SAN Certified
We are an EqualLogic Partner that has been selling, installing, and
configuring Dell Equallogic SANs for over 4 years. We sell far below your
direct Dell representative price. We also provide extreme competence in product
deployment. Trying to decide which Equallogic model is best for you, see our
Equallogic SAN Model Comparison.
Comparison Summary between
SAN and NAS Systems:
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NAS System
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SAN System
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Transfers only files, not data blocks.
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Transfers data in disk blocks (fixed-sized file chunks).
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Uses an IP protocol to serve files to clients.
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Uses a SCSI protocol to serve data blocks to servers.
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Resembles a network server from which clients can obtain files.
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Appears as local disk for each server.
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Is a dedicated storage server that is directly connected to the network.
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Requires a direct connection to each network server.
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Sends files on request.
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Grants direct access to disks.
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Clients request files directly and bypass the general-purpose servers on the network.
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Clients send file request to the servers on the network because the storage sits
behind each server.
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Backup traffic is routed over the main network.
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Relieves the LAN of backup traffic since storage resides on a secondary network.
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Ethernet connects the NAS appliance to the entire network.
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SCSI or fibre channel connects each server to a SAN.
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Additional devices are easily added to the network.
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Very scalable and flexible (for example, 10TB of disk space can be added and designated
to specific servers).
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Offers high performance and cross-platform support (the capability of serving files
to heterogeneous servers).
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Provides high-speed, direct data access and joins several storage devices into a
storage pool with server-assigned storage partitions.
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