Transcript Astrum Software Sales Presentation

StorCast
Enterprise Storage Resource Management
What is Enterprise Storage Resource Management?
StorCast ESRM
Action
Manage According
To Policy
Predictive
Capability
Discovery
Optimize
Performance
StorCast ESRM
Defined
• Asset Management
Track & record storage assets
• Capacity Planning
Analyze trends, predict requirements
• Configuration Management
Determine arrangement of physical storage
• Event Management
Monitor, diagnose, take action
• Performance Management
Optimize storage & improve system bottlenecks
• Storage Reporting
Identify consumption and nature of data
• Usage Management
Automate enterprise storage policies
Are You a Candidate for ESRM?
Have you experienced…
Are you…
- Increased demand for
storage?
- Considering or using
SAN/NAS?
- System downtime due to
storage-related issue(s)?
- Experiencing reduction in
IT staff or budgets?
- Users storing non-business
data online?
- Spending 8+ hr/wk
managing storage?
Where do you fall in the Storage Management Gap?
Storage Management Gap
Avg. Storage
Responsibility
Per IT Staff (GB)
250
200
150
100
Administrators per Site – shortage in qualified staff
50
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
Source: Strategic Research Corporation
Storage Is Cheap, But Managing It Is
Expensive
“For every $1 an organization spends to acquire storage, they may
spend upward of $7 per year to manage it.”
Michael Peterson, Strategic Research Corporation
“The reality is that moving to the new technologies (storage
management software) is necessary to manage the growing amounts
of data moving forward and to ensure its continuous availability.”
Carolyn DiCenzo, Gartner Research “What Continues to Drive Storage Growth?”
How can ESRM help your organization?
StorCast ESRM
Centralized Storage Management
Clients
Local Area Network
Web Server
Applications
NAS
Storage Area Network
-
Assess Current Storage
Infrastructure
-
Create and Enforce
Storage Policies
-
Monitor Current Storage
Operations
-
Ensure Efficient Data
Delivery
SAN
StorCast ESRM
A Proven Methodology
Discover
Understand storage resources throughout the enterprise
Manage
Manage storage based on current system conditions
Act
Take corrective action when problems occur
Predict
Predict potential problems before they become real
Optimize
Optimize performance and storage resources
StorCast ESRM
Identify
- Poorly Performing Systems
- System Bottlenecks
- Memory Leaks
- Low Free Disk Space
Prevent
- Server Failures
- Backup Failures
StorCast ESRM
Manage
- Wasted Disk Space
- Backup Resources
- Storage Consumption
- Storage Configuration
- Storage-Related Downtime
Reclaim
StorCast ESRM
Create
- Detailed Storage Reports
- User Thresholds
- Enterprise Storage Policies
- Storage Consumption Limits
Enforce
StorCast ESRM
Verify
- Connectivity of Attached Storage
- Availability of Storage Assets
- Network Fault Detection
- Storage Outage Alerts
Provide
StorCast ESRM
Reduce
- Total Cost of Ownership
- IT Management Costs
- Manual Processes
- Hardware and Network Growth
- Charge Back Accounting
- Future Storage Needs
Plan
StorCast ESRM
StorCast Suite of Products
Storage
Asset Manager
Reporter
Interconnect
Monitor
Storage
Performance
Manager