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Storage Management

Never run out of storage. Plan ahead, not in a panic.

SAN, NAS, and cloud storage management for UK businesses. We monitor capacity, performance, and health, and plan expansions before you run out of space.

SAN and NAS
Cloud Tiering
Capacity Planning
UK Engineers
24/7
Storage Monitoring
Zero
Unplanned Capacity Events
40%
Typical Cost Reduction with Tiering
UK-Based
Storage Engineers
What Is Included

Complete storage management across every tier.

From enterprise SAN to cloud object storage, we manage every layer of your storage infrastructure.

SAN Management

Full management of Storage Area Network environments. LUN provisioning, zoning, performance monitoring, and firmware management for enterprise SAN platforms.

SANLUN ManagementZoning

NAS Management

Network Attached Storage configuration, share management, access controls, and performance monitoring. Supports SMB, NFS, and iSCSI protocols.

NASSMB/NFSAccess Controls

Cloud Storage Integration

Seamless integration of cloud storage tiers with on-premise infrastructure. Automated tiering moves cold data to lower-cost cloud storage without manual intervention.

Cloud TieringAzure BlobCost Optimisation

Capacity Planning

Trend analysis and growth forecasting ensure storage expansions are planned before you run out of space. No emergency purchases, no unplanned downtime.

Trend AnalysisGrowth ForecastingBudget Planning

Performance Monitoring

Continuous monitoring of storage IOPS, latency, and throughput. Performance bottlenecks identified and resolved before they impact applications.

IOPS MonitoringLatency TrackingThroughput Analysis

Data Integrity and Health

Regular health checks, RAID status monitoring, and drive failure prediction. Proactive replacement of failing drives before data loss occurs.

RAID MonitoringDrive HealthFailure Prediction
How We Work

From storage audit to proactive management in days.

A structured process that gives you full visibility and control of your storage estate quickly.

01

Storage Audit

Full audit of all storage platforms, capacity utilisation, performance baselines, and health status across SAN, NAS, and cloud tiers.

02

Monitoring Setup

Monitoring agents and SNMP traps configured across all storage platforms. Alert thresholds set for capacity, performance, and health.

03

Capacity Baseline

Current utilisation documented and growth trends established. Initial capacity forecast produced for the next 12 to 24 months.

04

Optimisation Pass

Unused LUNs, orphaned shares, and inefficient configurations identified and cleaned up. Storage reclaimed where possible.

05

Ongoing Management

Day-to-day storage management, incident response, and capacity reviews handled by our engineers. Monthly reports provided.

06

Expansion Planning

Quarterly capacity reviews with recommendations for expansion, tiering, or migration to cloud storage to manage costs.

Real Results

How UK businesses have avoided storage crises.

Financial Services Firm, London

A 120-person financial services company ran out of SAN storage during a busy period, causing their core application to crash. They had no visibility of capacity trends.

Storage monitoring deployed. Capacity forecasting identified the next growth threshold 8 weeks in advance. Emergency expansion avoided. Planned upgrade completed on schedule.

Architecture Practice, Bristol

A design agency was storing large CAD and render files on ageing NAS hardware. Performance was degrading and they were running at 94 percent capacity with no plan.

NAS replaced and cloud tiering configured. Cold project files moved automatically to Azure Blob storage. Active storage costs reduced by 40 percent.

Healthcare Group, North West

A private healthcare provider needed to demonstrate storage health and data integrity for their ISO 27001 certification. They had no monitoring or documented processes.

Full storage monitoring deployed. Health reports and capacity forecasts produced as ISO 27001 evidence. Certification achieved first time.

Get Started

Know your storage capacity before it becomes a crisis.

Our free storage assessment gives you a full picture of current utilisation, performance, and growth trajectory across your entire storage estate.