What is Data Storage Management?
Data growth has become an inevitable reality of today’s business operations. Studies have cited that an organization's data can grow as much as 33% to 75% annually, partly due to the proliferate use of e-mails and our reluctance to permanently delete anything.
Effective storage management solutions help transform your IT environment by standardizing and simplifying your storage environment in a flexible, systematic way. Solution components include storage area networks (SANs) as well as backup and storage applications.
It is important to consider both hardware and software options together. By combining the different options available, you can achieve the best solution for your needs.
Hardware - Network attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs) offer a means to make several storage devices available to users regardless if the storage device is local or remote. This simplifies storage administration and adds flexibility to your storage environment. High Availability is another benefit of a SAN environment. By deploying replication software, you can move data to various locations on the network. In the event of a power failure, server crash or natural disaster, your data can be accessed through a remote part of the SAN.
Software - Storage software is ultimately the integration of backup, archiving, disaster recovery and replication software.
- Backup software allows users to recover lost, deleted or corrupted files quickly and easily.
- Archiving software is a complement to backup software and can help improve backup and recovery windows. This software allows for a systematic approach to managing your data and storage resources by using single instance storage, data lifecycle management technologies, and e-discovery capabilities.
- Disaster recovery software can be used to bring back systems downed by hardware failure in minutes. In addition, replication software can copy data between two or more servers to store complete copies of systems on multiple servers in the event of a disaster.
Why Should I Consider Data Storage Management Solutions?
CDW can assist you with a wide array of data storage solutions geared specifically to your organization's current and future needs.
Improving your data storage management capabilities can deliver big benefits:
Improve Efficiencies
Reduce administrative overhead and prioritize IT resources.
Ease of Use
Central management storage systems allow for reduced maintenance features.
Greater Scalability
Allows for future growth and flexibility.
Information Lifecycle
Management
Allows the greatest flexibility and use of resources by moving static files to less costly storage devices.
Single Instance Store
Improves disk space by eliminating duplicate files saved across your network - without changing the way users save or access their files.
CDW's Approach
CDW has developed a simple, yet comprehensive approach to data storage management solutions that has proven successful for organizations of all kinds.
Engage Your Account Manager
Your CDW account manager and our pre-sales team will work with you to assess your current environment and future needs.
Implement and Manage
Working together, CDW will design detailed configurations for your future environment, drawing from best-in-class solutions from our enormous in-stock inventory. We work with multiple service providers to deliver a solution that fits seamlessly into your IT environment.
CDW's commitment continues long after your purchase. Certified technicians offer 24 x 7 telephone support for ongoing management needs, and you can always access online tech support through your My Account tab above. The My Account area also serves as a round-the-clock extension of your account team, detailing your pricing, order status, account history and more.
