Is your SAN getting out of hand? Push back!

New efficiencies and advanced QoS are high on today's "wish lists."
ESG explains what many users already have learned firsthand, that "...HiCommand software modules enable users to manage capacity, performance, and path dependencies for such common applications as messaging, databases, file servers, and backup software including Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft Exchange, Windows file servers, and VERITAS NetBackup." This is good news for those organizations that seek integration at the application level in order to manage storage from their applications down to individual hard drives. The deep application-level support allows storage administrators to more effectively plan and troubleshoot heterogeneous storage environments, and typically reduces the time and number of people required to solve SAN-related problems.

You can take steps to keep everyday tasks from slowing productivity.
A typical and time-consuming storage management task is the entering of daily usage statistics for capacity planning in order to understand usage trends. Surprisingly, for reporting, many storage managers still rely on individual tools provided by server, network, and storage vendors. These tools often do not cover the entire SAN, especially when they involve manual records keeping-such as sticky notes. This is where HiCommand software can raise storage management to a new level, freeing up managers to plan and launch new projects and support business objectives.

Jim Bahn of Hitachi Data Systems explores the challenges faced by organizations with consolidation and networked data storage and defines the value of centralized management solutions that reduce storage management tasks. Don't miss his insight on the Capacity Planning and Forecasting podcast which can be found on www.hds.com/podcasts.

Achieving the storage support your company needs, plus sweet dreams!
Hitachi Data Systems offers HiCommand Suite software to make certain that the excellence you strive for throughout your organization is built on a resilient, comprehensive storage architecture and a set of sophisticated storage management tools. After all, doing so results in improved availability and integrity of storage environments, a reduction of the total cost of ownership, increases in operational efficiency, and more effective use of storage resources. For many storage managers, that just might be the stepping stone to a contented set of users-and a good night's sleep.

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