Defining goals so that you can gauge if the project is a success

Every project should have a series of goals that can help identify if the project has been a success. Example goals may be:

• Cost no more than X
• Provide X IOPS or MBps of performance
• Survive certain failure scenarios
• Reduce ownership costs of storage by X

These goals will need to be revisited throughout the life of the project to make sure that it is on track.