• Enterprise RAIDs
• Hitachi Data Systems
• IBM DS8000
• IBM DS6000
• Pillar Data
• Midrange RAIDs
• IBM DS4000
• Nexsan
• Rorke Data Galaxy
• SGI InfiniteStorage 220
• SGI InfiniteStorage 120
• Other
• Fibre Channel Disk
• iSCSI
• IP SAN
• NAS
• Optical
• SAN
• SATA
• Tape

IP SAN

North American Systems is your IP SAN solution provider

North American Systems has teamed with LeftHand Networks to provide IP SAN solutions designed to reduce TCO while maximizing ROI of your storage investments. Our LeftHand-certified engineers are qualified to help you select, size and configure your IP SAN. We can also go on-site to install your IP SAN, set up your “Virtual Volumes”, and implement it effectively into your IT storage infrastructure, following accepted “best practices”.

IP SAN storage benefits

IP SAN is a native end-to-end storage solution over IP, providing benefits by way of:

• low acquisition costs
• commodity economics
• utilizing a proven technology installed at almost every business site
• wide area connectivity - no interconnect distance limit

The benefits of SAN, which many businesses have known about for years now, have yet to be realized by many smaller and medium businesses, Many just don't have the budget or resources to pay for or justify the cost of a Fibre channel SAN. When purchasing a Fibre channel SAN, in most cases, you need:

• a Fibre channel network - that means cabling, Fibre switches, Fibre hubs, Fibre cards, and HBAs (Host Bus Adapters)
• a Fibre channel expert - your network professional may know all about Cisco and TCP/IP, but Fibre channel is an entirely different protocol, and requires extensive training, and in most cases, an additional member of your IT staff to handle your Fibre channel network

IP SAN lowers the budget and staffing requirements it used to take, to install, implement, and manage a SAN. You can utilize your existing LAN, WAN, or MAN for your IP-based storage area network. IP SANs are also easy to manage, utilizing familiar technologies & protocols like SCSI and TCP/IP.

IP SAN & iSCSI are continually improving, especially since the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) approved the iSCSI protocol. IP networking already boasts a large R&D profile, with an established roadmap that has 10Gbps emerging now, on the way to 40Gbps.

See more about iSCSI storage

Want to know more? Want to set up an appointment to speak to one of our storage solution specialists, providing you with vendor-neutral advice on what's best for your business requirements? Email us today at sales@nasi.com.