DAS vs. SAN: Capacity and Performance Management

Courtesy of Information Week: https://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/05/das_vs_san_capa.html;jsessionid=3ML1IJPOSKY1UQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL

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• Anonymous
  May 26, 2009
  Hi, Outside the SAN vs DAS capacity issue there are a number of good articles that I’ve come across which suggest that SAN may not always be the fastest solution from an IO point of view, but may achieve a better cost/IO in terms of utilization.  The following article outlines some good points: http://capitalhead.com/articles/san-vs-das-a-cost-analysis-of-storage-in-the-enterprise.aspx Hope it helps.