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Making the Business Case for File Server Consolidation with Windows Storage Server 2003

Overview Consolidating servers to place the organization's workload onto a smaller number of Windows Powered network attached storage (NAS) devices is an increasingly popular concept, but it can be difficult to gather hard data to make the business case for doing so. This white paper describes a process that allows to gather the necessary data to build a business case to get sponsorship for server consolidation projects.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	September 2003	Downloads	10
Format	White Papers
Topics	Server Consolidation, NAS

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