Here's the list of requirements we included in our recommendation. We scored each solutions ability to meet these requirements on a 1-5 scale. Our technical requirements played a role in determining each solutions ability to meet these requirements. The fun part was sitting down as a group and hearing how each person interpreted these list of requirements and why they scored each solution the way they did.
Architecture Availability Ease of use Efficiency Performance Flexibility Licensing QOS Reliability Replication Reporting/Monitoring Security Local Data Protection Total Cost of Ownership Scalability Support Hardware Life Cycle Other 3rd Party Integration (ie Linux, Oracle…) Microsoft Integration VMware Integration On 2/8/12, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok folks, > > Here's a compiled list of features and capabilities in no particular > order. Some of these references may be specific to a certain brand but > it allowed us to match capabilities between solutions where the only > difference was what they called it. > > Sub LUN Tiering > Staged cache > iSCSI support > Storage Virtualization technology > One-to-one Replication > VAAI Support > Vcenter integration > Advanced Reporting Engine > Local Parts depot (this is an important question for those of us in Alaska) > Snapshot support > One-to-Many Replication > Synchronous replication > Encypted Data Presentation > SAS II Support > FC Support > FCoE Support > AIX support > Large Cache Support > MSSQL VSS > SharePoint VSS > Exchange VSS > Simple Management Interface > Red Hat Linux MPIO Support > Deduplication > HW generation upgrades > Non-Volatile Cache > Vmware MPIO (DSM) > SRM support (SRA) > NTFS Thin provisioned reclamation > VMWare Snapshot integration > Boot from SAN Integration > Citrix Xen Server & Storage Link Support > 64-bit OS > Compression > NAS Support > Self-Encrypting Disk > Centralized Agent/MPIO support > Oracle integration > VMware Storage Resource Management Tools > OS integration with VMware > Snapshot and Replication Management > SRM Failback support > Metro/Stretch/Geo Clustering > QOS > VASA Support > Windows Integration > High Density DAE's > Replicator incremental attach > VAAI support for NFS > VAAI block enhancements > High bandwidth offering > 2.5" drive support > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
