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The Services Of Storage Replacement: Page 2 of 2

Last year, I was working with a user through the process of a storage replacement. They basically had run up against a wall with their current storage, and our team was helping them through the selection process. One of the areas that simply amazed me was how ill-prepared some of the vendors were when it came to guiding the customer through the replacement. They had about 30TBs of storage on the old platform and none of the initial proposals gave any consideration to guiding the customer through
George Crump
February 24, 2010

The final step is to make sure that you have the staff to be able to perform the conversion, and if you don't, then you need to budget it into the cost of the new system. Most IT staffs are stretched too thin already, adding a 30TB conversion to the to-do list is simply not realistic. The result is a slow deployment, which then means a slow roll-out, which leads to a longer time before you see the return on your investment.

Migrating data from an old storage system to a new one is less of an onerous task than it was a few years ago. That said, because the size of the data set has continued to grow and because IT staffing is so thin, migration to a new storage system is still a task that requires careful planning. Coordinate with your new vendor and make sure they know upfront what their responsibilities are in helping you make that conversion.

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