Cost saving idea: Storage and Backup
If you were to total up all the disk storage you have available in your computer room, you might be surprised at the total. We conducted this exercise with one of the larger Isle of Man based companies and we found that they had 300% more capacity than they really needed.
We believe this to be a typical picture amongst companies that have no formal storage management plan in place. All that extra capacity costs money, takes up power and produces heat that must be dealt with. By examining how much storage you really need, and by creating a storage management plan, you can consolidate your requirements and save money.
Backups are another area where savings can be found. Over time, as new servers are added, more backup units appear, each incompatible with the last. This results in a large amount of expensive backup tapes requiring off-site storage. By considering your storage and backup as an integrated pair you can balance your requirements, save money and ensure that recovery from failure is much easier to perform.
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