Faster, more efficient and energy efficient
The way data is stored is changing rapidly. Traditional spinning disks are increasingly fading into the background and giving way to flash storage. The value for money of SSDs and NVMe storage has improved, while performance and efficiency are unprecedented. Whereas the capacity of flash storage was a limitation in the past, deduplication and compression techniques now allow data to be stored more efficiently, without sacrificing speed or reliability.
At the same time, energy consumption has become an increasingly important aspect. Fluctuating energy prices and the increasing focus on sustainability make it essential to choose a storage solution that is not only powerful, but also energy efficient. Flash storage requires significantly less power than traditional hard drives and contributes to a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This means direct savings on operational costs while maintaining speed and reliability.
Storage tailored to your business context
Data storage is not a standard solution. The right strategy depends on your workloads, applications and how data is used within your organization. For production environments, a high-performance SAN solution is often the best choice, while a NAS may be suitable for making files directly accessible to employees and applications.
Depending on your IT landscape, storage can be deployed for a variety of purposes. Think of SMB storage for Windows files, NFS storage for Linux environments, S3-compatible storage for Web applications or a dedicated FTP solution for exchanging large data sets. By integrating these functionalities directly, storage becomes an efficient and flexible link within your infrastructure, without the need for additional systems.
Continuity and reliability as a starting point
Data availability is critical for any organization. This is why redundancy and replication are considered in every storage solution. A failure should never result in data loss or downtime. Through smart replication strategies, we ensure that an up-to-date copy of your data is always available at another location. This not only provides protection against hardware failures, but also ensures that your data can be quickly restored in the event of an incident.
The choice of SAN, NAS or a combination of both is determined by your specific business context. Performance, compliance requirements and the growth of data storage play a role in this. Therefore, we design storage solutions that not only function optimally today, but also remain scalable in the future.
Optimizing your data storage
An efficient storage strategy not only delivers performance benefits, but can also realize significant cost savings. Making smarter use of storage, reducing energy consumption and integrating storage directly within your IT infrastructure creates a future-proof solution that supports your organization’s digital transition.
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