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SCI publishes periodic Storage Intelligence (StorInt) Briefings on subjects of interest to data center storage administrators and other IT staff.  Currently we offer two briefings for sale – a NAS briefing and a SAN storage briefing.

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We currently offer a 10% discount for ordering both of our SAN and NAS StorIntTM briefings. These two can provide an in-depth tutorial on using SAN or NAS storage and taken together can help the data center answer whether SAN array or NAS storage is right for your data center.

$169.00 – NAS and SAN Briefings $94.00 – SAN Storage StorInt(TM) Briefing $94.00 – NAS StorInt(TM) Briefing

Our Networked Attached Storage (NAS) briefing was updated (April 2009) with complete SPECsfs97 and current SPECsfs2008 results. Our NAS briefing helps one choose between the many network storage alternatives available in the market today. It provides a tutorial or introduction to NAS technology solutions and recent NAS system SPECsfs(R) benchmark data. This briefing is especially useful for those data centers mired in direct attached storage (DAS) solutions looking for a way out and helps admins better understand NAS filer systems, performance and feature sets for both CIFS and NFS servers. It also supplies NAS product feature reviews/comparison charts and can help IT shops solve the NAS proliferation problem within your data center. See our NAS Consolidation article in our article archive for a summary discussion on NAS proliferation solutions. To learn more about this briefing see our NAS Briefing page.

• 31 pages
• has 6 pages of NAS solution feature comparison tables for 45 NAS solutions,
• with 6 charts covering NFS and CIFS performance rankings for NAS solutions, and
• comes as a spiral bound document.

Read our NAS StorInt Briefing executive summary now

Our Storage Area Network (SAN) Storage briefing was updated (April 2009) to reflect the most recent Storage Performance Council (SPC) and Exchange Solution Review Program (ESRP) performance results. This briefing provides an introduction or tutorial on SAN storage technology, functionality and performance tuning for your most critical applications. See our Pump-up Array Performance article, presentation, and podcasts in our document archives for a preview of a portion of this briefing. To learn more about this briefing see our SAN Storage Briefing page.

• 31 pages
• discusses over 10 critical SAN storage technology features,
• has 7 SAN storage performance charts covering both SPC and ESRP results, and
• comes as a bound document.

Read our SAN Storage Briefing executive summary now

To purchase a briefing please use any Buy Now button above, fill out a StorIntTM order request form and we will contact you, or give us a call at +1-720-221-7270.

We blog on many NAS, SAN and other storage related topics in our RayOnStorage Blog.  We also write about major storage system/subsystem announcements and provide periodic performance result updates that are published in our monthly newsletter.  Sometime later, this information is made available for free download on our StorInt Dispatches page.

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Our refund and shipping policies can be examined below.

SCI Refund Policy (PDF 101.8 KiB)
We offer a 30-day Money Back Full Satisfaction guarantee. If you are dissatisfied with your StorIntTM|StratIntTM|SysintTM briefing for any reason, return it unopened within 30 days, tell us why you are returning it, and we will refund your purchase price.

SCI Shipping Policy (PDF 102.6 KiB)
SCI ships in-stock briefings with USPS Priority Mail ground and shipping fees will be added to your order. Please allow 8 to 10 business days for delivery within the US and longer outside the US.