Introduction
Mission Critical Data is just what its name says: critical to the core functioning of an enterprise. Mission critical data must be available 24×7 and fully backed up for immediate recovery in the event of disaster. Enterprises are constantly seeking more reliable, more efficient, more convenient and more affordable ways of meeting these needs. SANRADs V-Switch 3000 uses Iscsi technology to centrally consolidate, manage, backup and restore mission critical data at a fraction of the cost, in capital and human resources, of existing FC SAN technologies
Mission Critical Requirements and SANRADs Solutions
Storage Area Networks (SANs) are used to manage mission critical data and, as they have developed, storage and network administrators have identified three main requirements on a SAN to manage this critical data:
High Availability: Storage systems and their mission critical data must be available 24×7. There is no leeway for downtime. Every minute of downtime equals a loss of revenues and credibility for an enterprise.
Remote Backup and Recovery: Data must be backed up off site to enable remote recovery in the event of...