Storage as a Service: storage without buying an enclosure
With Storage as a Service you buy capacity and not equipment. The enclosure, the drives, the replacement and the replication sit in the rate, and the capacity grows without an investment round. You pay per terabyte per month.
Where the service starts and stops
Four parts. The second is why storage as a service works out cheaper than it looks.
- Capacity that growsNeeding more is a line on the contract instead of a new enclosure. Needing less is possible too, and that is where buying it yourself goes wrong.
- No enclosure sitting depreciatedBuying it yourself means paying up front for the peak three years from now. Here you pay for what is in use, and that is almost always less.
- Replication includedA second copy at another location is part of it. An enclosure in one place is storage, not continuity, however many drives it holds.
- Where the data sitsWe record which country the storage is in and who can reach it. In a tender or a processing agreement that is the first thing asked.
How we move storage across
Three steps, and the old enclosure leaves last.
Measure what is there
How much data there is, how fast it grows and what is touched daily. That last part sets the speed you need and therefore the price.
Copy and run alongside
The data moves across while the old storage keeps running. Only when both sides match does the usage switch over.
Dispose of the old storage
The old enclosure is wiped and disposed of, with a statement that the data is gone. Without that statement a risk stays sitting on a shelf.
What goes with this
Storage sits beside backup and beside the question of where the data may live.
Storage that moves with you
Tell us how much data there is and how fast it grows. You get a price per terabyte per month and a sum against your own enclosure over five years.
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