Dedicated storage server planning.
Compare capacity, NVMe performance and recovery requirements for dedicated storage workloads.
Make space for your most valuable data.
Capacity is just the start. Define throughput, latency, redundancy and recovery expectations for your storage workloads.
Choose storage around recovery as well as capacity.
A dedicated storage deployment must meet capacity, performance and recovery requirements together. Usable capacity differs from raw drive capacity after redundancy, filesystem overhead and free-space headroom. Define the failure you need to survive and the recovery time you can accept before choosing a disk layout.
Characterize the workload
Separate random IOPS from sequential throughput and record read/write ratio, object sizes and concurrent requests. Ask about supported drive options and endurance for sustained write-heavy workloads.
Design independent backups
RAID can help a service continue through some drive failures, but it does not undo deletion, corruption or account compromise. Keep a separate backup and test a restore using data your application can validate.
Plan the next capacity step
Provide initial usable capacity, expected monthly growth, retention and backup transfer windows. Confirm the configuration and replacement process with Sales before ordering.
A clear path to your server.
Keep your hardware choices, payment and technical requirements connected throughout the order.