Server & Storage
Solution Design
Server and storage infrastructure design consultancy — rack server, blade/modular server, SAN, NAS, virtualisation (VMware/Hyper-V) and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) design with sizing, BOQ and specifications.
What We Offer
Server and storage infrastructure is the computational and data heart of every enterprise. ASDV Consultant provides professional server and storage solution design services — translating application and business requirements into right-sized, resilient, scalable compute and storage architectures.
Our designs cover the full spectrum from small single-server deployments for SMEs to enterprise multi-site virtualised environments with SAN/NAS storage fabrics. We design rack server configurations, blade server chassis, storage area networks (SAN — Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe-oF), network-attached storage (NAS), object storage, tape libraries and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) platforms.
Our consultancy is vendor-informed but specification-level — we produce performance requirements and technical specifications that enable competitive evaluation of multiple vendors (Dell, HPE, Lenovo, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, Nutanix, VMware) rather than pre-selecting a proprietary solution.
Why Choose ASDV?
- Certified ELV design consultants with 10+ years experience
- AutoCAD & Revit BIM deliverables for seamless coordination
- Full compliance with Indian & international standards
- Transparent pricing with detailed BOQ and specifications
- Pan-India service with international project capability
Design Deliverables
Server Architecture Design
Server topology showing compute nodes, clustering, virtualisation platform and management infrastructure.
Storage Architecture Design
SAN/NAS topology, RAID configuration, tiering strategy and backup/replication design.
Network Connectivity Design
Server network interface design, SAN fabric topology and storage network segmentation.
Bill of Quantities
Itemised server, storage and networking hardware quantities for competitive tendering.
Technical Specifications
Performance specifications covering CPU, RAM, storage IOPS, throughput and availability requirements.
Backup & DR Design
Backup architecture, RTO/RPO targets, replication design and disaster recovery strategy.
What's Included
Our Design Process
Requirement Gathering
Define application workloads, performance requirements (IOPS, throughput, latency), availability targets (RTO/RPO) and growth projections.
Architecture Design
Select server form factor, virtualisation platform, storage technology and high-availability architecture based on requirements.
Sizing & Calculations
Size compute (CPU, RAM), storage (capacity, IOPS, throughput) and network interfaces based on workload analysis.
DR & Backup Design
Define backup strategy, retention schedule, replication topology and disaster recovery failover procedure.
BOQ & Specifications
Produce vendor-neutral performance specifications and itemised BOQ for competitive tendering.
Procurement & Implementation Support
Evaluate vendor responses, review configurations and support implementation and commissioning.
Standards & Codes We Design To
Frequently Asked Questions
A SAN (Storage Area Network) presents storage as raw block devices to servers over a dedicated network (Fibre Channel or iSCSI) — used for high-performance databases, virtual machine storage and applications requiring low latency. NAS (Network-Attached Storage) presents storage as file shares over the LAN (NFS, CIFS/SMB) — used for file sharing, home directories and backup repositories. Modern unified storage systems support both SAN and NAS from the same hardware platform.
HCI combines compute, storage and networking into a single software-defined appliance cluster (e.g., Nutanix, VMware vSAN, Dell VxRail). Individual nodes add CPU, RAM and storage simultaneously — enabling linear scaling without separate SAN hardware. HCI is ideal for SME and branch office deployments, VDI, backup repositories and organisations seeking simplified management. It typically has higher cost per GB than dedicated SAN for large-scale deployments.
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is the maximum time before business processes must be restored after a failure. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) is the maximum data loss acceptable — how old can the restored data be? Tier 1 applications (ERP, banking, hospitals) typically require RTO < 1 hour and RPO < 15 minutes. This drives designs requiring synchronous or near-synchronous replication and clustered/virtualised infrastructure with rapid failover.
Need a Server & Storage Solution Design?
Contact ASDV Consultant for a right-sized, vendor-neutral server and storage design with specifications and BOQ.