Enterprise Storage

The DDS Enterprise Storage Service Line provides our clients with consultation, design, implementation, installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of high bandwidth networks, storage appliances, and software that convey or warehouse vast amounts of data. The goal is to create a Storage Area Network (SAN) the purposes of which include centralized storage management, ease of management, efficient use of storage media, and fault tolerance.

Hardware and software items included in Enterprise Storage Service Line are:

Fibre Channel products (switches, bridges, host bus adapters (HBAs))
iSCSI products (switches, bridges, HBAs)
Storage Aggregators
Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances
Tape Libraries
Enterprise Backup Software (for those using shared storage)
Storage Management Software

In most cases, enterprise storage projects will follow this blueprint:

SAN Design
Backup Design
SAN Installation and Configuration
Backup Installation and Configuration
Consulting
SAN Management

DDS maintains partnerships with these leading manufacturers of SAN equipment and software providing our clients with 'best of breed' solutions:

XIOtech
CommVault Systems
NSI Software
Brocade Communications
Hewlett Packard
Spectralogic
Auspex
Syncort
Veritas