As the key enterprise applications require extremely high availability, by Daniel Cruz, Territory Manager NetApp Portugal
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Today, more than ever, end users require high-performance technological infrastructure that are always available. Expect to access data, applications and networks from various mobile devices, anytime and anywhere. This happens regardless of whether the users are employees, customers or business partners, so it is obvious that any company that does not provide high availability technology can count on barriers to productivity as well as the removal of its customers, lost business opportunities and placing . at risk their competitiveness
The reality is that the core business applications – based on Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint; Oracle; SAP; Virtual jobs infrastructures (VDI); etc. -. Require extremely high availability to be implemented in a virtual infrastructure
For example, e-commerce systems that will generate huge revenues this holiday season should be available to customers around the world and provide an income high; Otherwise, companies risk losing online customers and business to competition. With the implementation of what IDC calls “the Third Platform” technology (based on social networks, mobile computing and the real-time business analysis), the availability of infrastructure has become an even greater need for all companies sizes and sectors.
Technologies like virtualization, flash storage and cloud computing are part of a modern technological infrastructure. It needs to orchestrate these technologies carefully in order to obtain a technological infrastructure that is always available. An effective enterprise storage environment can enable continuous availability of application services; These procedures shall operate basically without interruption from the moment you install.
A key part of modern data storage strategy, although it will never be your only component is the flash storage. Flash technology is a consolidated enterprise storage technology; studies show that a large percentage of organizations have implemented flash in their data centers and many others plan to do so.
“The best candidates for the implementation of Flash technology in the data center will be those systems that consistently provide a high yield and can also meet the stringent availability requirements of the 3rd platform, “says IDC. “As you get to set future reference tool in the enterprise storage field, it is clear that this type of storage will use largely the flash media and could provide the kind of continuous availability that this new information age demands” .
Flash is not the only storage technology that will help companies maintain a center of high-availability data. For example, clustering the (also called “horizontal scaling of storage”) offers companies a way to integrate storage systems capable of providing uninterrupted operations (NDO or “non disruptive operations”).
operating systems (OS) store also play a key role in the availability of a storage system, be it vertical scaling or clustering. A storage OS demonstrates its value by integrating smoothly, several applications to create a complete infrastructure capable of providing high availability, according to the real needs of the business.
Storage services based in the cloud are another way to increase the availability of systems. They provide an integrated and easily scalable capacity that gives companies the flexibility to quickly meet the highest requirements in terms of capacity.
cloud services can represent a cost effective option data storage for backup purposes and recovery, disaster recovery, or archive. These services are transforming the way organizations address the data center and storage, and in many cases are being used to replace obsolete and inefficient physical servers.
As many organizations address take advantage of mobile technology, social networks, big data and analyzes, we also want to be assured that provide high availability to its users. By implementing the latest storage technologies, they can do so profitably.
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