Dell PowerVault 221S (SCSI) - Manual (Page 39)

A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02
PAGE 39 11/17/2005
6. Summary and Conclusions
After analyzing and assessing the importance of all the storage components relative to
attributes essential for performance of any given application, it can be observed that not
only understanding the characteristics of each storage component is critical but also how
the storage component is configured has direct impact on the effectiveness of an
application.
Based on the study of each storage component relative to attributes essential for
effectiveness of an application, Table 6-1 lists typical storage recommendations for various
applications. Recommendations listed in the table are only an example for a storage
solution; each actual storage solution will have additional factors which need to be
considered before determining an optimum storage solution. These additional factors
include:
• Data and power back-up strategies of an Enterprise IT
• Storage deployment environment:
o Number of active and passive users
o Type of data – mission critical or non-mission critical
• Storage deployment budget