There is both an art and a science to designing high-performance disk subsystems. If you are
in a position to be able to build and support your own system, it can be both less expensive
and faster than commercial alternatives, such as storage area networks (SANs).
I can put together a design for you that addresses issues such as:
- Detailed requirements analysis
- Maximizing random I/O througput
- Maximizing sequential I/O throughput
- Selecting the best RAID level to meet your data reliability requirements
- Analyzing the tradeoffs between BER and MTBF for different types of drives
- Choosing between SSD and magnetic drives
- Selecting hardware vendors and components
- System-level design, including types and quantity of: disk drives, caches, controllers, CPU, interfaces, and so on
- Optimizing your disk partition configurations
- Cost optimization
- Phasing and growth options
I can deliver my design either in written form or as an interactive presentation, or both.
If this interests you, please send the following information, so that I can provide a quote:
- A brief description of your project
- The requirements for your disk subsystem
- Your schedule requirements