NetBenefit’s managed storage services

Depending upon your requirement, NetBenefit can offer shared or dedicated storage, Network Attached Storage (NAS) or Storage Area Network (SAN), with iSCSI or Fibre Channel connectivity.

If you are not sure which solution is right for you then our team of experts can help you to decide upon the most appropriate service for your data and your budget. Contact us to find out more.

Dedicated storage or shared storage solutions

Your choice of dedicated or shared storage solution will be dictated by the level of security,the amount of storage you require, speed of access and the overall solution design and application.

Typically shared storage is suitable if your storage requirements will be under 1 TB and relatively static.  Customers who expect their storage requirements to grow quickly or exceed 1 TB will be more suited to a dedicated storage solution.  

There are various different types of storage options, however most requirements can be met by a storage area network (SAN) or network attached storage (NAS) solution.

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

If you need to backup and store a large quantity of data, a dedicated network attached storage (NAS) server may be the best option for you. This solution is ideal for clients with high volumes of business critical data and is fully configurable to meet your exact requirements.

• Dedicated backup and storage server
• Terabytes of data storage
• Off-site data backup option
• File serving

Storage Area Networks (SAN)

NetBenefit’s storage area network offering is designed to deliver the highest level of security and performance for business critical applications.
This solution allows you to benefit from all of the features of an enterprise storage area network (SAN) without the associated investment costs.  In addition to the highest level of security and performance, you can benefit from:

• Data storage on demand – flexibility to meet your changing requirements for storage space allowing you to increase storage space on the fly
• Highly available infrastructure - redundancy built in at each level including redundant power, switches, fibre connectivity and hard discs in RAID configuration with online hot spares
• Centralised data storage – the ability to connect multiple servers to your data store
• High performance - fibre linked access from your servers to the SAN

Whatever type of storage you are looking for, NetBenefit will work with you to design the most appropriate solution for your business. For further information, please contact one of our managed hosting consultants.