Solutions > Extending Datacenter Automation to Networked Storage
While datacenter automation has already brought significant benefits to server and network management, it has largely bypassed networked storage. Storage Resource Management solutions have evolved to focus mainly on data management while more classic datacenter automation solutions remain tightly focused on network and server automation.
Networked storage can no longer be bypassed by datacenter automation. Three trends will drive the integration of storage into the balance of datacenter operations:
- Storage resources now represent up to 45% of the infrastructure budget in many large enterprises.
- Utilization, availability, planning, and power pose cross domain operational issues.
- Virtual machine technology holds out the promise of great benefit but with increased risk
SANscreen from Onaro successfully extends datacenter automation to storage with its real time, heterogeneous, service level views of the storage environment. Organizations using SANscreen manage storage as a true end-to-end IT service. SANscreen’s actionable service level information is consumable by both storage teams and non-technical storage users, effectively integrating storage into the entire IT service delivery chain.
SANscreen's real-time feedback enables IT storage teams to:
