| Vol. 5, No.15 : December 13, 2004 |
CIOview eUpdate
Does Storage Really Matter?
With annual price declines of 30%, why bother paying attention to storage? After all, most IT shops either have some sort of Storage Area Network (SAN) already or do not feel that their environment is complex enough to require a SAN or any Network Attached Storage (NAS). However, IBM's new DS6000 and DS8000 storage models are making storage interesting again. With a total cost of ownership potentially 50% lower than an IBM ESS or ESS Turbo, the DS6000 and DS8000 reshape the economics of SAN consolidation. Click on either of the two SnapShots below to see the effectiveness of the DS6000 at Direct Attached Storage (DAS) migration and SAN consolidation.
- Scenario 1: Migrating from Direct Attached Storage to a new SAN using the DS6800. View a summary of how and why cumulative post-migration savings of $195/GB can be expected.
- Scenario 2: Consolidating or upgrading an existing SAN using the DS6800. View how typical savings from consolidating 5000 users on eight servers can exceed $350,000.
ERP/CRM: What's the Right Number?
The available ERP/CRM benchmarks for numbers of supported users can be confusing. The best published performance benchmark for an ERP/CRM solution pegs Microsoft Windows at 4,900 users. However, by using SAP public sizing methodology you can make the case that a typical SAP shop can support 6,500 users on a 16-way server. Consider Microsoft core software strategy of additive value; couple it to Intel competency of seamlessly mixing and matching processors from different families to attain the optimal box. The result: a Microsoft Windows and SQL Server customer that runs HR or Financials can expect to support 14,000 users or better. Read the CIOview White Paper on Microsoft's ERP/CRM potential.
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