SAN Solutions

The growing demand on services, along with more and larger data warehouses, is creating an explosion in data storage. Network servers are limited on the total amount of storage they can provide, thus causing the need for storage farms requiring 10, 20, 30, or more servers to support data storage.

The Solution? Implementation of an Enterprise-wide Storage Area Network (SAN), at BCL. BCL staff can guide you through the planning and implementation of a SAN.

How Our SAN Services Work

BCL delivers a structured approach that keeps changes controlled and reduces disruption:

Project planning for SAN implementation
Interview employees and research the current environment to confirm requirements and constraints
Recommend hardware based on capacity, performance, and availability targets
Recommend how to implement the SAN in your environment, including connectivity and platform considerations
Create disk pooling for the various platforms connected to the SAN
Migrate data from current locations to SAN storage drives
Provide a back-out plan to reduce cutover risk
Create and implement backup, archive, and restore processes
Provide on-site support during data conversion

Ongoing SAN Administration & Support Services

As ongoing support for the SAN, BCL can provide administration tasks including:

Backup and restore plan maintenance and execution
Business recovery plan support and validation
Performance reporting and tuning of the environment
Add capacity as storage needs change
Administer disk and tape pooling
Migration of data as platforms or storage tiers evolve
Administration of archive and retrieval processes
Training for personnel in the use and operation of the SAN

Why Choose BCL?

BCL focuses on practical delivery. We help you select the right architecture, migrate data with clear rollback options, and put operational procedures in place so the SAN stays stable, supported, and easy to manage.

Get Started

Tell us what platforms you need to support, where your data lives today, and how quickly storage demands are growing. We’ll assess the current environment and provide a plan to implement and support an enterprise SAN that fits your business.

Client Stories

Chief Information Officer, State Government Agency

“BCL helped us modernize our legacy systems without disrupting critical citizen services. Their team’s responsiveness and deep understanding of the public sector’s compliance landscape made them an invaluable partner. We’ve gained scalability, security, and budget efficiency — all without compromising service delivery.”

Director of IT Operations, Federal Defense Contractor

“Our mission-critical operations demand zero downtime and uncompromised security. BCL delivered exactly that. Their mainframe-as-a-service platform met all our strict security standards, while offering the agility we need to evolve. Their team feels like an extension of our own.”

VP of Technology, Regional Insurance Carrier

“Our core systems are built on decades of mainframe investment, and we needed a partner who could modernize without breaking what works. BCL delivered a seamless migration and now manages our infrastructure with the uptime and compliance we demand. We’ve saved costs and gained peace of mind.”

CTO, Private University

“BCL helped us move off aging hardware and into a cloud-based environment that better supports our student services and administrative needs. Their support team is incredibly responsive, and we’ve dramatically reduced our IT overhead while improving system performance.”

CIO, University Hospital

“We needed to secure patient data, modernize our clinical and claims systems, and ensure HIPAA compliance — all within tight timelines. BCL delivered a fully managed mainframe solution that exceeded expectations. Their technical depth and healthcare expertise made them the ideal partner.”

Head of IT, Global Logistics Firm

“Our supply chain systems depend on reliability and performance. BCL transitioned us from a legacy on-prem setup to a managed mainframe environment with zero disruption. We’re now more agile, with better visibility and uptime — and none of the hardware headaches.”