{"id":4716,"date":"2020-09-01T22:18:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2020-09-01T22:18:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:18:43","slug":"how-does-the-cost-of-a-hyper-converged-system-compare-to-san-or-nas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-does-the-cost-of-a-hyper-converged-system-compare-to-san-or-nas\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the cost of a hyper-converged system compare to SAN or NAS?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

When evaluating the cost of a hyper-converged storage system, it’s important to keep the functionality of the system in mind in addition to cost per gigabyte.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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By Brien Posey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn’t entirely fair to compare the expense of a SAN or NAS system to that of a hyper-converged system because the three technologies were created for different purposes. In addition, there is no fixed price associated with any of the three.\u00a0Costs depend on a number of factors, such as the amount of storage purchased and the scale of the deployment. There are also low- and high-end offerings for each technology.\u00a0NAS systems, for example, are generally considered to be the least expensive of the three, but a high-end NAS system could cost as much as a\u00a0low-end hyper-converged system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing\u00a0to consider\u00a0is that you are paying primarily for storage when you\u00a0purchase a SAN\u00a0or NAS system. Sure, there are other components such as networking hardware that must be purchased, but the bulk of the cost is directly attributed to storage hardware.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyper-converged\u00a0systems comprise a number of different components, including compute, storage and networking. The compute components account for a significant portion of the overall cost. If you base your estimate solely on storage, you would find\u00a0hyper-converged storage systems\u00a0almost always have a\u00a0higher cost per gigabyte\u00a0simply because they contain\u00a0more than just storage hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A final consideration is functionality. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of SAN, NAS or even a converged storage system, the storage hardware can be used for any purpose. In the case of a hyper-converged system, all the components work together and cannot be used separately. A hyper-converged system would therefore be a good choice to build a virtualization infrastructure, but not to expand available data storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Brien Posey<\/a>\u00a0asks:<\/p>

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How important is cost when determining which type of storage you will use in your environment?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>When evaluating the cost of a hyper-converged storage system, it’s important to keep the functionality of the system in mind in addition to cost per gigabyte. By Brien Posey It isn’t entirely fair to compare the expense of a SAN or NAS system to that of a hyper-converged system because the three technologies were created for different purposes. In addition,<\/p>\n

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