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DATA CENTER
BEST PRACTICES
SUMMARY
Once the initial discussions with key stakeholders are complete, data should be analyzed to support an
optimized SAN design given business drivers, funding, and available resources. Sometimes it can be difficult
to analyze the requirements from various organizations, and creating a radar chart may help to visually analyze
competing requirements from internal groups (see Appendix B). If edge switch count is increasing, consider
consolidating to high-density core enterprise-level platforms, which increase port density while reducing power
consumption and the number of domains to manage.
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