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SNIA-SA 100 Introduction to Network Storage

Chapter 7 Challenges for Network Storage Professionals


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Coverage

1. Challenges in SAN 2. SAN ROI(Return On Investment) 3. Review Questions

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SECTION 1
1. Challenges in SAN 2. SAN ROI(Return On Investment) 3. Review Questions

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SECTION 1: Challenges In SAN


1.1 Challenges in Backup 1.2 Challenges in Restoring 1.3 Challenges in High Availability 1.4 Challenges in Storage Consolidation 1.5 Storage Management Challenges

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Challenges in Backup
Hardware failure Media Failure Challenges in Backup Insufficient capacity & time Lack of skilled personnel
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Network problems

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Challenges in Restoring
Damaged tape which cannot be read. Data in tape is corrupt or incomplete

Change in System configurations

Challenges in Restoring
Lack of practice,planning and testing Software not working
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Challenges of High Availability

Space utilization by equipment

Challenges in High Availability

Cost of deploying redundant services

Manageability of SAN devices becomes complex


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Challenges in Storage Consolidation


Regular backups of critical enterprise data need to be taken Capacity upgrade has to be planned Physical maintenance of the storage devices has to be performed. Response time, network speed require consideration The storage devices need to be physically secured in all their present locations.
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Utilization needs to be monitored for efficiency

Challenges in Storage Consolidation

Applications from one or Logical protection more platforms in the of data must be enterprise need to be assured given access to the same data.
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Storage Management Challenges

Interoperability

Storage Management Challenges

Lack of skilled professional

Security Data Growth Continuous Availability


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SECTION 2
1. Challenges in SAN 2. SAN ROI(Return On Investment) 3. Review Questions

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SECTION 2: SAN ROI


2.1 ROI & Payback Period 2.2 ROI of SAN 2.3 Case Study for SAN ROI

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ROI & Payback Period


Return On Investment. The annual return generated from the investment. The ROI grade how well a company is managed. ROI calculation of IT investment usually focus on cost savings.

ROI= Revenues Costs Investment


Payback Period The number of months needed to recoup the cost of implementation.

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ROI of SAN
The major categories of SAN savings are: Equipment As SANs can use the storage space efficiently than the DAS, users can defer purchase of extra storage. Availability The risk of data loss is minimum with a SAN in place. People Since the SAN key operations are centralized, the administrators are also very efficient

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Case Study for SAN ROI


ROI Driver Reduced Capital Expenditures SAN Benefit Storage consolidation allows better utilization of storage assets and pay as you grow scalability. Example Prior to implementing a SAN, both companies purchased significant amounts of storage for headroom for growth- as much as half of their total storage in some cases. Intuit increased the utilization of its available storage by 50 percent with a SAN. Server consolidation enabled FedEx to eliminate 50 percent of its servers and their associated costs (software, maintenance, and system administration) in its 14 fileserving environment.

Server consolidation drives better utilization of server assets.

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Case Study for SAN ROI


ROI Driver SAN Benefit Example
Multi-vendor storage capability Both companies lowers storage costs. highlighted this benefit and reported significant storage capital cost savings as a result of implementing a multivendor system, because they were able to purchase the right level of storage performance for each application system. High Availability systems are less expensive to implement. FedEx eliminated 75 percent of its standby servers- and the costs of the associated software, maintenance, and system administration supportafter implementing a SAN.
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Case Study for SAN ROI


ROI Driver
Increased IT staff productivity

SAN Benefit
SANs enable centralized and consolidated management of their storage systems and tape libraries. SANs also significantly reduce the workload required to add additional storage.

Example
Both companies reported that their IT staffs now manage from 5-10 times more storage in a SAN environment than was managed in a direct-attached environment. FedEx and Intuit reduced their storage-management staffing expenses by over 60 percent. Intuit reduced its backup time from 26 hours to 3 hours and is now able to keep its revenuegenerating applications running while backup is performed.
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Increased Enterprise SANs eliminate application Information and downtime caused by backup Systems Availability and significantly reduce restore time

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SECTION 3
1. Challenges in SAN 2. SAN ROI(Return On Investment) 3. Review Questions

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Review questions
What are the challenges faced during backup and how can it be resolved? List down the storage management challenges faced by a SAN administrator. Explain the issues involved in storage consolidation. What is SAN ROI?

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References
A book from Veritas : Storage Area Network Essentials http://www.brocade.com- case study on ROI- KPMG consulting services http://www.snwonline.com/evaluate/calculating-roi IBM Enterprise Storage Server Handbook

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