Most array-based SAN management tools are deficient in their ability to detect and help remediate storage network performance problems. Organizations in high performance, high growth SAN environments should evaluate heterogeneous tools such as Virtual Instruments NetWisdom which can provide valuable metrics, trending data and end-to-end visibility on performance bottlenecks. Tools like NetApp's SANscreen are complimentary and can simplify change management and capacity planning. The ROI of these tools will be a function of the size of the SAN, its growth rate, and the value of applications to the business.
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Last Update: Jan 14, 2010 | 06:19
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Originating Author: David Vellante
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I agree, as the cherished "SRM" has such device management roots that it's really not good for much more and that's for it's native equipment as they still typically need to speak to other "non-native" storage devices via those vendor's tools (necesitating them remaining a part of the picture) as SMI/S is still not widely adopted yet. One other thing that (in my opinion) that validates SANscreen in particular as a valuable complementary tool is it's unique ability to help us manage the storage domain from a "services" perspective. Noone else yet has that perspective as a focus of their tools. Today I offer that for real management of the storage domain we still have a need for the device management tool(s) (aka SRM if you will), Virtual Instruments for in depth traffic analysis and SANscreen to enable and the monitoring of storage service orientation.
Posted By:Greg Phillips| Sun Feb 28, 2010 04:05
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