Beyond Technology - News and Views on Storage Innovation

When you're ready to simplify management of a SAN environment-you'll find all your tools in the HiCommand� Suite.
Reduce management tasks by reporting and monitoring on many servers' multipath storage connections-from a single console.

Application owners company-wide will be thrilled that their IT administrators can optimize application performance by controlling path bandwidth. And they can do it easily, switching to and from alternate paths so that your company's applications are kept online while performing maintenance tasks that require taking a path down.

Global Link Availability Manager software builds on Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager software.increases efficiencies.

Keeping business operations running 24/7 requires optimum availability for many system and network components. Now Global Link Manager software.

  • Delivers simple, single-console integrated multipath management for multiple server and storage system configurations
  • Provides an easy way to check health of all SAN paths through summary views
  • Offers secure host grouping for creating customized management views within a resource group to suit each operational group's needs
  • Minimizes configuration errors
  • Uses same user interface "look and feel" as other HiCommand Suite software modules
Enterprise Strategy Group's View: "Hitachi Global Link Availability Manager greatly simplifies the management of large multi-path environments, providing visibility, centralized reporting, and the tools needed to actually solve problems."

Some companies may seek new insight as they review their SAN deployment and its responsibilities. If that's the case, Hitachi Data Systems offers business continuity services to ensure continuous access to information across the enterprise. These services assess current disaster recovery capabilities and business needs, analyze your areas of risk, and then help you to develop and implement the strategy and technical plans you need to achieve nonstop operations.

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