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What are the current infra- and software components in use and what part role do they play in the plans for the future?
What services is DC offering and what expectations do they have to Warren?
What is the level of commitment of DC in cooperation with Warren and what will be the 3rd party software systems alongside Warren?
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To determine the right solution, one must consider several factors that are required to implement a particular storage type. As storage holds the most valuable part - client data, the impact on the reliability and to QoS. Afterall - network outage only affects the availability of data, whereas storage problems may lead to permanent data loss.
Distributed - Expensive, but reliable, multi-functional, and
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scalable
The cost of a distributed storage (that may also be shared-distributed) comes from the fact that distributed is usually (not always - one exception is HCI) implemented as a separated separate cluster(s). So there are three main types of costs and an additional, optional one:
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The reliability advantage compared to shared or local storage should be obvious.
Distributed - Expensive, but reliable, multi-functional, and extendable
Warren components placement in DC
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