StorCast Enterprise Storage Resource Management

What is Enterprise Storage Resource Management?

StorCast ESRM Discovery Optimize Performance Action Predictive Capability Manage According To Policy

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 StorCast ESRM Defined

Are You a Candidate for ESRM? Are you… Have you experienced… - System downtime due to storage-related issue(s)? storage-related issue(s)? - Users storing non-business data online? data online? - Spending 8+ hr/wk managing storage? managing storage? - Experiencing reduction in IT staff or budgets? IT staff or budgets? - Considering or using SAN/NAS? SAN/NAS? - Increased demand for storage?

Where do you fall in the Storage Management Gap?

Storage Management Gap Source: Strategic Research Corporation Avg. Storage Responsibility Per IT Staff (GB) Management Gap Administrators per Site – shortage in qualified staff Storage per Administrator % growth per year

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 “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.” “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 Local Area Network Clients NAS Applications Web Server SAN Storage Area Network -Assess Current Storage Infrastructure -Create and Enforce Storage Policies -Monitor Current Storage Operations -Ensure Efficient Data Delivery Centralized Storage Management

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

Identify - Poorly Performing Systems - System Bottlenecks - Memory Leaks - Low Free Disk Space Prevent - Server Failures - Backup Failures StorCast ESRM

Manage Reclaim - Storage Consumption - Storage Configuration - Storage-Related Downtime - Wasted Disk Space - Backup Resources StorCast ESRM

Create Enforce - Detailed Storage Reports - User Thresholds - Enterprise Storage Policies - Storage Consumption Limits StorCast ESRM

Verify Provide - Connectivity of Attached Storage - Availability of Storage Assets - Network Fault Detection - Storage Outage Alerts StorCast ESRM

Reduce Plan - Total Cost of Ownership - IT Management Costs - Manual Processes - Hardware and Network Growth - Charge Back Accounting - Future Storage Needs StorCast ESRM

StorCast Suite of Products Storage Asset Manager Reporter Interconnect Monitor Storage Performance Manager