The SAP server had neared 90% of its capacity was this was affecting the performance of the server.

The Company had various options to go for namely a DAS, A SAN, An IPSAN and also A new server by itself.

The Company decided against the idea of a new Server because it was just a temporary solution and hidden costs of additional server license for all software would only ensure that though the Initial TCO was low the ROI would be very poor.

The DAS was also rejected because the performance of the already sagging SAP server would only worsen

It was a final race between competition positioning a FC San and SANAT positioning a IPSAN solution.

The proposed Solution on the Storage consolidation front was arrived based on the following parameters

• The Storage should be able to cater to Block level access of the database servers.
• The Storage box should be scalable.
• Should Support all basic RAIDs
• Should support a Point in Time Copy software

The company did a internal assessment of a Price / Feature (Performance) and SANAT scored heavily with its state of the art features and also a lower initial cost of acquisition

The Instor600 was positioned because it catered to all the parameters required. It also offered the additional facility of also consolidating its file level data and Mail server at no extra cost

The benefits that the customer received were tremendous and bulleted below

• A TCO which was much better than competition.
• A Scaleable Solution to ensure the Investment is protected for next 3 years.
• Capacity of Mail server reduced as storage offloaded to the storage Subsystem.
• A Policy Scheduled for Backups using a combination of SnapPict Software and Backup Net.
• A Very High Feature vs. Cost Raitng.

The above Tangible savings by itself is around 50 percent of the TCO ensuring a 50% ROI from Day One. Thus Signifying SANAT's Motto “A Solution that gives MMVFM -- Much More Value for Money.”