Central Storage Management 

The Challenge:

1. Avoid adding more storage each time a new server is added.
2. Reduce the complexity and cost of managing hundreds or thousands of Volumes and LUNs.
3. Prevent application downtime due to out-of-space conditions.
4. Optimize storage utilization and reclaim unused capacity by eliminating “over-allocation” of storage to servers.
5. Respond faster to storage change requests.

The Solution:

Use StoreAge SVM storage management solutions to dynamically provision storage, reclaim unused space, maximize application uptime by expanding capacity on a just-in-time basis, and centrally manage all storage in a uniform manner.

The Benefits:

Centralizing storage management benefits an organization in multiple areas, including:

Business Impact:

• Flexible, adaptive infrastructure enables faster responses to changing business conditions
• Maximizes application availability for revenue-producing activities

Operational Impact:

• Prevents server downtime due to out-of-space conditions
• Reduces the time needed to respond to storage change requests
• Enables existing storage resources to support additional servers, applications and users
• Increases the amount of storage each administrator can manage
• Reduces administrative errors by using one management console for all storage devices

Financial Impact:

• Reduces storage costs
• Reclaims unused storage capacity
• Eliminates “over allocation” of server capacity
• Avoids adding more storage each time a new server is added

Centralized Storage Management With StoreAge SVM

• Aggregates all available capacity into centrally managed pools
• Allocates appropriately-sized Volumes to each server
• Unused capacity remains in the pool for future requirements
• Additional capacity is dynamically and granularly allocated to any server on a just-in-time basis
• Supports all major operating systems and storage devices