Electronic Medical Records & NAS

[dlano]

Hi All,

I'm looking at an EMR solution for our medical group and would like advice about using a NAS as a solution for storing the images of the medical records. The NAS I have in mind is a HP proliant with Windows Storage Server for the OS. Will the NAS be quick enough to store and serve these images?

Thanks,

dao

 

[comtec17]

This is a tough question to answer. We would really need to know the amount of I/O you plan on pushing as well as number or reads vs writes. SAN or Fibre channel will give you the fastest possible solution, but NAS will be limited to the infrastructure network on hand.

 

[dlano]

Hey thanks for the post. I believe that a SAN will be the champion here. Like you said, it will offer the best performance and scalability. We will be archiving medical records as well as x-ray images.

I've found an archiving solution on the hp website that I believe will offer the scalability needed to keep up with the ever expanding storage needs in the medical field.

http://h20247.www2.hp.com/PublicSector/cache/111071-0-0-225-121.html