• If the customer has limited needs and budget, use point solutions to address short-term capacity and performance issues: – Point-to-point Fibre Channel –NAS –iSCSI
Incremental and point solutions can earn the customer’s confidence:
NAS offers plug-and-play deployment and relatively simple management for small installations.
Some vendors offer “SAN in a box” solutions that allow customers to get an entry-level SAN up and running quickly and with minimal support:
Because implementing a fabric topology requires more extensive planning and configuration, connectivity is implemented with multiple point-to-point connections.
Management software and LUN masking is used to control access to storage volumes.