Microsoft SharePoint Server
Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server tie together client software such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet Explorer on the desktop, and utilizes Windows Server, ASP.NET, Internet Information Server, SQL Server, and SharePoint Server itself to create a manageable, searchable information infrastructure.
Storage requirements are tied to the size, use profile, and information criticality of each deployment, which can range from single server, small group implementations all the way to large server farms supporting thousands of users. Each SharePoint deployment also dictates the data protection, performance, high availability, capacity, storage management and scalability requirements, which in turn will morph and grow to accommodate new projects and new uses.
An iSCSI SAN from LeftHand Networks has five advantages that recommend it as the best choice as the storage environment for any SharePoint deployment:
- State-of-the-art SAN management features. You get all the features and benefits of a modern SAN (e.g. thin provisioning, replication, high availability, snapshots).
- Storage is sharable from all servers. The environment is flexible and scalable as SharePoint server farms change and grow.
- A LeftHand SAN is easy to manage. Award-winning SAN/iQ® software is extremely intuitive, requiring no specific array management or storage networking expertise.
- A LeftHand SAN is scalable. The modular design makes it easy to add capacity and performance, a far more scalable alternative to traditional SANs.
- Custom data protection features at no extra cost. You can easily apply additional data protection and HA features as needed without downtime.
For high-end deployments, LeftHand SANs are designed to accommodate two additional storage requirements that are central to a storage system decision:
- Online upgrades and changes. The ability to change storage configurations without taking applications offline.
- Data protection in the face of a disaster. The ability to construct a highly available storage environment, one that will survive virtually any component failure and keep on running with no impact to SharePoint users.
No matter what size deployment, an iSCSI SAN from LeftHand Networks provides a cost-effective, easy-to-manage, high scalable, and highly available storage environment for SharePoint.