Isilon Systems White Paper Sample

Like most products, storage solutions compete based on their features. An ideal storage solution would excel at all features: have high I/O performance rates, never become inaccessible, never lose data, have the ability to become infinitely large, be scalable in both large and small increments, have a low purchase price, require little human effort to manage, and be easy to use.

In the real world, decisions are based on which of these requirements are most important within a given budget.

Storage decisions typically reduce to four factors:
- Will this provide me sufficient performance and capacity for my present needs?
- Will I experience any significant down-time or data loss?
- Do I have the human resources needed to manage the system?
- How long will it be before I need to upgrade this system and at what cost?