Overview

The DAS Bureau of Information Technology Solutions (BITS) Storage Area Network (SAN) / Network Attached Storage (NAS) service provides a robust disk storage infrastructure utilized by both mainframe and midrange/ enterprise server platforms for the State of Connecticut client/ user community. Storage Services is engineered to achieve storage virtualization technologies, industry-standard requirements for security, and economies of scale to enable rapid delivery of cost-effective, fully managed disk storage cost/performance options utilizing Enterprise-class virtualized disk storage controllers

• High scalability 
• High performance 
• High availability 
• Robust data replication and migration features 
• Remote replication for disaster recovery 
• Redundant SAN architecture 
• Highly-available NAS infrastructure 
• RAID protection to provide high availability for critical applications
• Security of mission-critical data 
• Fully secured data access and inheritable controls 
• Proper disposal of failed data components 
• Disaster recovery support for replicated data 
• Dynamic load balancing path management software 
• Recommended Backup, Archive & Restore services are also available