Piecing Together a Cost-Effective Storage Solution for the Small to Mid-Enterprise
John Anderson, Chief Technical Architect, Interdent - Gentle Dental

Historically, even entry-level enterprise-grade SAN solutions have demanded a six figure budget that was unreachable by small to mid-enterprise businesses.  Enter iSCSI.  Combined with NAS, DAS and a bunch of creativity, now everyone can provision a manageable storage solution.  IOPS and total terabytes are not the issue.  Cost, reliability and flexibility reign in the small to mid-enterprise space.  This presentation is aimed at the IT solution provider that doesn't want to deploy another generation of direct-attached storage and needs to hear that a simple and powerful storage alternative is available. 

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will be able to: 

• Hear how enterprise grade storage solutions can be combined with the SMB technologies that we have used for years to produce a powerful hybrid that our companies can afford
• Ignore the rumors - iSCSI really is enough for the small to mid-enterprise production environment:  a careful look at the performance demands of the mid-enterprise Exchange, SQL and point-of-sale applications
• Define how you can find the right time in your company to plant the seeds of storage reform