Storage

Storage is an increasingly important and complex component in modern data center requirements for fast data access combined with other often conflicting requirements for  retention, legal discovery, longevity, integrity, accessibility, security, disaster recovery and so  on. All these requirements must be carefully balanced. At a high level, storage for traditional data centers can be thought of as storage arrays  comprised of two fundamental parts: the controller(s) and a quantity of disk shelves (or drawers). This allows for a convenient componentized approach to rack space and power sizing  calculations.