MPC Deployment Services
Needs Assessment
As part of fulfilling its promise of becoming a trusted advisor to its customers, MPC can help identify the appropriate network design, product installation, hardware optimization, technical training needs, along with technical documentation and support needs.
The below SAN diagram indicates what a typical SAN looks like at a high level. MPC's SAN deployment solutions account for the details within such a network, ensuring proper functionality and ease of use within the customer's environment:
The first step in our SAN deployment solution is to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to identify the specific issues and challenges our customers face, giving our technicians a measuring point from which they can tailor the best storage solution for the specific needs of each customer and their distinct environments.
In defining the needs of the customer, some considerations are:
- What technology are you utilizing for data storage today?
- What do you project are your data requirements for the near term? Long term?
- How do you currently manage data growth today? Add more servers? Add more disks?
- What is your current Back-Up Recovery process
- How do you plan to scale this according to your two and three year data growth projections?
- Is Remote Data Replication for disaster recovery a business requirement? If so, how are you currently addressing this requirement?