Data Storage systems featuring SCSI, FC, SAS, SATA and Auto-MAID, Clustered Block Storage hard drive technologies

Choosing the appropriate disk drive for your storage requirements has been limited, until recently, to SCSI or ATA drives. SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) was usually reserved for high-end servers and ATA (Advanced Technology Attached) was used for desk and lap top systems. With the shipment of SATA (Serial ATA), SAS drives (Serial Attached SCSI) and MAID storage managers are confronted by a wider range of technologies and cost-performance variables making the selection process more complex and time consuming. SANstor's engineers closely monitor not only the developments in drive technology and their costs are available to provide guidance on:

• Disk technology performance-mission recommendation
• Disk vs. tape storage costs analysis
• Disk storage configurations (RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 0+1, JBOD and MAID)
• Data management recommendations, configurations and applications.