NetApp Storage Virtualization & Archive Service Cost Comparison
September 2, 2012It is estimated that 40-50% of data residing on Tier 1 NAS filers located at the Units is inactive and rarely accessed. Moving inactive data to less expensive storage will reduce disk storage costs and free existing Tier1 storage for growth of more-active data.
Based on Performance, Security and Cost the choice of Acopia appears to be the product of choice to archive the Unit Tier 1 NAS disk to cheaper disk. Acopia provides a virtualization layer that is transparent to users of the data.
It’s important to understand the cost advantage of moving data into the Acopia environment. Below is a cost comparison of storing 1 GB of data on a Unit NAS filer (with its backup on the NearStore disk at the (Internal Data Network) versus storing the data in the Acopia archived environment.
How NAS Virtualization & Archiving service can reduce cost, example:
|
Description |
Monthly Cost per GB |
Monthly Cost per GB for NAS Archive |
| Primary Storage(Tier1 NAS) | $ 4.50 | |
| NearStore Backup (DR) | $ 1.05 | |
| Tier2 IDN Storage & Backup* Includes 2 Monthly DR backups | $ 1.00 | |
| Acopia Virtualization Appliance(Based on 1TB archive data) | $ 1.50 | |
| Additional Tape Backup is available(for $.50/GB/month) | See distributed disk backup rate | See distributed disk backup rate |
| Price per GB per Month | $ 5.55 | $ 2.50 |