Make sure you’re getting all the capacity and performance your storage environment is capable of

Are you confi dent that your current IBM® N series or NetApp® storage environment is optimized to its fullest? Is it maximized for performance? Are you confi dent of the security and stability of your environment? Are you concerned about consolidation and growth potential, or your environment’s capacity for High Availability or Backup and Recovery?

What you can expect from your assessment

Storage experts from the Sirius Infrastructure Consulting Services team can perform an independent assessment of your current N series/NetApp storage environ-ment according to industry-best practices, and taking into consideration your overall corporate objectives.

Areas of assessment may include (but are not limited to) the following:

A review of overall corporate objectives for consolidated storage Autosupport messages and SyslogsNetwork confi guration (VIF confi guration and traffi c separation, e.g. between CIFS and NFS)SnapMirror® confi guration and scheduleData de-duplication confi guration and storage savingsAggregate confi guration laid out for best performance (RAID group sizes)Volume and LUN sizing and confi guration aligned with Host typeSnapshot reserve space and schedulingA review of cablingVerifi cation of multi-pathing on all hostsA review of Fibre Channel zoningA review current storage consolidation, as well as high availability and backup/recovery proceduresA review of security risks and exposuresDocumented fi ndings and recommendations

Deliverables and recommendations you will receive

Detailed fi ndings that provide a well documented view of your storage environ-ment, including potential risks and exposures to stability and performanceA clear look at how your current environment compares with industry standards for best practices, and recommendations for how best to achieve themAn opportunity to maximize stability, growth and performance in your storage environment at minimal cost

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IBM N series/NetAppHealth Check Assessment

Learn more at www.siriuscom.com While you’re there, you can also access free webcasts on demand, register for upcoming events, access specifi c product and solution information, and get marketplace news.

Sirius certifi ed storage professionals provide the following assessment services:

Storage Discovery

Identifying business and/or IT objectives and strategiesIdentifying disaster-recovery and fault-tolerance objectivesConducting architecture reviews of:

Current infrastructure designFuture infrastructure requirements

Identifying data migration pathsDeveloping concepts

Storage Planning

Reviewing project objectivesPerforming host identifi cation:

PlatformsApplicationsCapacitiesLocationsInterfacesService level agreements

Assessing network availability and performance:

SAN FabricSAN Switch Port RequirementsHigh availability and remote copy services

Storage Design

Designing and documenting logical equipment and the physical environmentEnsuring system interoperabilityEnsuring that design meets known standardsEnsuring scalable architectureDiagraming the confi guration depicting the hosts, network and/or SAN connectivity, and other related storage productsProducing and delivering the requested document(s)

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Solutions to your storage challenges

Sirius employs nationwide teams of certifi ed, experienced storage specialists and consultants dedicated to providing clients with innovative technology solutions across leading storage hardware and software products. Sirius teams are organized to help you with specifi c business challenges in today’s ever-changing IT landscape, including Storage Simplifi cation, Data Protection and Data Management.

Storage Simplifi cation: Simplifying a storage architecture is a daunting task. Companies have seen demand for storage in-crease dramatically as they struggle to keep up with the latest hardware, software and services options to meet their needs. Integrating and simplifying your environment may seem like a job that will never see the light of day. Sirius helps by assessing your current environment, creating a long-term roadmap for simplifi cation, and outlining the phases that you can take to attain your objectives. Within storage simplifi cation, we focus on solutions and best practices such as:

Data classifi cationStorage consolidationStorage virtualizationStorage management

Data Protection: The proliferation of data within a company leads to many challenges, especially since this information is not in a single protected and secure database -- it’s just about anywhere you can imagine, including e-mail communications, image fi les, faxes, and personal and departmental database fi les. Protecting these assets is a growing challenge, and one that is being driven not only by corporate needs but also by compliance regulations. Sirius can help increase the protection of your storage environ-ment by focusing on these key issues:

Disaster recoveryBackup and recoveryTape strategiesRegulatory complianceData encryption

Data Management: The proliferation of data also puts additional burden on IT teams to manage it effectively across the enter-prise. Using a combination of high-productivity management tools, including professional services, hardware appliances and soft-ware that can be integrated with your application, desktop, server and storage environments, Sirius can help your IT team manage data in a context that is more meaningful to them, without having special storage-management skills.

Software management toolsManaging and archiving e-mailContent management

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Additional Storage Services

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