This document is a best practices paper for the successful integration of Snap Server by Adaptec using expansion storage. It contains the initial criteria on how to best configure RAID for the system. With this guide, you can choose configuration options for a range of capacity
and availability needs, and to best meet your specific requirements.

Usable capacity is one of the most important considerations in establishing a storage strategy and choosing a storage solution.
Understanding the discrepancy between stated and actual capacities will help you make better storage choices, and more clearly anticipate the impact of RAID configurations and scalability on the usable capacity of your storage systems.

This guide aims to propose a vision of how Shared Services might develop over the next 10-15 years. Also identified, are the key requirements of a commercial model for Shared Services and what alternative are available.