Oh good grief, here's a list for starters...
- Look at inititial cost for the hardware, this part should be simple - The cost of support annually, you'll want annual maintenance and it would serve you well to know what those costs are long term - Scalability for your environment, since storage is tiered these days, you will want to know how well your chosen solution can scale for the business needs - Life Cycle of the hardware, some vendors EOL their stuff pretty quickly forcing you into a hardware refresh or increased support costs, see bullet #2 above - Ask for customer references, it's always nice to hear from others how they feel about their purchase, its usability and their regrets - And the hardest one of all... Management of the SAN, some vendors will let you try before you buy... And until you manage your own SAN, you have no idea how easy or difficult it will be. On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>wrote: > Jonathan, relatively new yet but I know it's a bit of a sticking point and > I've no intention of this being a "what SAN" thread, however the cheapest to > buy isn't necessarily the cheapest over a longer term - that's what I'm > asking, how the heck do you begin to try and work the long term costs out > (money out the door, not talking things like my time). > > ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
