Selecting a primary storage solution for an organization is difficult. The most important thing that a company has to do is to make sure that it gets a cost-effective and well-designed solution according to the storage needs of the chosen environment platform. Failure to review one’s requirement before going over the options available can lead to a waste of time and a risk of getting a solution that wouldn’t fit the organization’s needs.
The easiest way to start assessing your storage needs is to determine your current capacity requirements. Go over the disk space that your dedicated linux servers use up and you’ll get an idea of how much you need. Of course, this doesn’t end here. Two core factors will come into play when creating an accurate storage estimate.
The first one is to estimate your data growth. You want to have a system that will monitor data usage and allow you to foresee your future usage. This is something that every company has to have in place even when they are not buying storage anytime soon. Identifying when you will need to invest on your storage again will help you plan your budget more effectively.
The second one is to consider the level of overallocation that you want to maintain. For instance, it isn’t likely that you will allocate 105GB storage for volume that contains 100GB of data. There is a greater chance that your data will grow and fill up that empty space long before you can even react. Of course, you’re going to need to think ahead and make sure that you get more storage than you can consume within a specific time period.

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