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| Once you've decided a Storage Area Network (SAN) is the right solution for your business challenges, this phase in the SAN Info Center will help you determine your business requirements and design a SAN that meets those requirements. |
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| In the Plan and Design Phase of the SAN Info Center, you can: |
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| STEP 1: IDENTIFY YOUR BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS |
| Answer thought-provoking questions to help you define your business requirements, and learn how to determine which requirements you should target with SANs. |
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| STEP 2: INVENTORY AND ANALYZE YOUR ENVIRONMENT |
| Determine whether the components in your existing infrastructure are suitable for redeployment in your SAN using an inventory template and practical advice. |
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| STEP 3: DETERMINE YOUR SAN COMPONENTS |
| Create a list of the new hardware and software components required for your SAN, leveraging the inventory template you started in Step 2. |
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| STEP 4: DEVELOP YOUR SAN DESIGN |
| Get experienced guidance and view multimedia presentations to help you design your SAN. View pre-tested SAN designs that demonstrate real-world configurations. |
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Each of these steps in the Plan and
Design phase includes an overview summary on the topic as well as a list
of additional tools and information that you can browse for more in-depth
information.
You can start from Step 1 and read through each step sequentially, or simply
go to the topic that interests you.
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