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Article #273: The Value of Storage How to Choose the Best Storage at the Right Price

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Do you know that the wrong type of need a large amount of storage to handle
storage can be harmful to the health of the image files that are replacing paper.
your business? Do you know what type of An individual might need a huge amount of
storage you need? Do you know how to storage for photos, music files, e-books
choose the best storage at the right and movies. Opening or retrieving these
price? files doesn’t need to be as fast as
Many people choose the wrong type of running a program or operating a
storage for their specific needs. The company’s email accessibility.
result can be slower access and operation Why do email and programs require a
of the system, it can be slower boot higher cost, lower capacity drive? You
time, or it can affect your bottom line need to understand that email and
because it costs more than you actually applications must operate quickly. Email
need to spend. is actually like a database everyone in
As I work with servers and individual the company uses. It must be fast and
systems for our clients, I generally see reliable.
one of three problems with storage Finally, many individuals and businesses
choices companies (or individuals) have do not have the proper redundancy to
made: protect them in the event of a failure of
• They have the wrong type of some sort. Redundancy is basically a
storage backup of what is stored on the drive. If
• They don’t have enough a client is storing important data or
storage applications on a drive, we generally
• They don’t have the proper create a redundant drive as backup. This
redundancy in case of a failure way if there is a failure, such as a
When choosing storage, you must first drive crash, the critical files are
look at your server and consider how the immediately available. Recovering from a
new storage will be used. Will it be used failure with a non-redundant system will
primarily for programs/applications and require locating the correct backup tape,
email, or will it be used just for which is stored offline, and running
storage of images, documents and other restore operations from the tape. This is
files? a much slower process than switching to a
If you are using the new drive (storage) different drive.
for applications, you need to choose a Choosing storage for your computer or for
higher-cost, lower-capacity drive, such a server is not just a matter of cost.
as a SCSI. This type of drive will run Don’t put your business or personal
much faster and will be generally more files at risk by choosing the wrong
reliable. storage hardware. The three things to
If you are using the new drive just for consider in choosing your storage option
storage, you will want to get as much are:
storage capacity as possible at the • What type of storage do I need?
lowest cost. You might want to consider a Is it the right kind of storage for my
SATA drive. This type of drive will run a needs?
bit slower and cost less than a SCSI • Will I have enough storage?
drive. The new terabyte drives might be • Can I set up the proper
an option if you are purchasing a drive redundancy in case of a failure?
simply for large storage capacity. A Your answers to these questions will help
graphic artist, for example, will need to you make wise choices about getting the
store a large number of images and both right kind of storage at the best price.
templates and files containing images and Stay tuned for my next comments:
other types of graphic files, which use a I’ll be writing about new Solid
lot of space. If your business has moved State Drives, and this is huge news!
to paperless operations, you will also






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