Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2020-11-18T08:44:00Z
Nov 18, 2020
SAN is highly critical component (actually, i'm not sure is there's something more critical than it), so my recommendation is to have your own trained and experienced staff, who will work with the partner or SAN vendor directly before purchase. Only in this case the choice of the topology, models, configurations and licenses will fit to your organisation's infrastructure.
Enterprise SAN solutions provide centralized storage capabilities, enabling efficient data management for businesses. These systems support large-scale data handling, ensuring reliable and fast access to essential information for various enterprise applications.As modern enterprises continue to generate vast amounts of data, Enterprise SAN becomes crucial for managing and storing this data effectively. These solutions integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructures, delivering superior...
The pricing could be improved as the solution is very expensive. I am on a yearly payment basis.
We pay a yearly subscription fee.
The price of the Cisco MDS Series is high.
It's perpetual licensing and maintenance is a recurrent cost.
SAN is highly critical component (actually, i'm not sure is there's something more critical than it), so my recommendation is to have your own trained and experienced staff, who will work with the partner or SAN vendor directly before purchase. Only in this case the choice of the topology, models, configurations and licenses will fit to your organisation's infrastructure.
Pricing is almost the same for most vendors.