The most critical asset to any firm is its data. Transaction oriented companies require storage that is architected for speed and efficiency. Not only is the speed of access to this data important but redundancy and backup are key elements to any storage solution. Spring Lake Consulting is experienced with both Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) technologies from all the major vendors. We can architect solutions over fiber channel, iSCSI or infiniband. With the emergence of solid state disks (SSD's) and high speed local storage we can also implement Direct Attached Storage (DAS) solutions.

Whether it is a high performance database, flat files or streaming data, storage needs to be striped and redundant. The creation of the RAID groups, the type of RAID, the rotational speed of the disks and the physical disk locations within the enclosure have implications as to the performance you will receive. We will work with you to assess the type of performance you need, the appropriate level of replication and the proper striping to get you the best speed, reliability and cost efficiency from your storage.

Companies keep terabytes and terabytes of data consuming vast amounts of disk space. Spring Lake Consulting can help you tier your storage to keep the most critical data on your high speed storage and migrate less frequently used files and data to other mediums that are more cost effective. Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) has been a key component in helping firms reduce their overall technology cost.