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  • Feature: Is storage automation right for your company?
  • Spotlight: How to achieve a storage networking ROI
  • From the KEY e-Lab: Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Redpaper
  • KEY Special Offer: iSeries: Zero Downtime ROI Analysis
  • KEY Definitions: Terms of the Month
    • Feature Article :.

    Is storage automation right for your company?
    By Michael Maxey, for SNW Online

    Storage resource management (SRM) and the automation of storage tasks have recently been receiving a great deal of industry buzz. Most of this has originated from the vendors of relevant products, which tend to define the space based on their particular offering.

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    How to achieve a storage networking ROI
    By Robert Infantino, for SNW Online

    There are many SRM vendors, such as Computer Associates, IBM/Tivoli, Sun Microsystems and Astrum Software (which was founded by the writer of this article). Of course, not all are created equal. To capitalize on this ROI opportunity, choose an SRM platform that goes beyond simple notification and reporting. Look for applications that offer active policy-based management, allowing automated action at the file level and across heterogeneous platforms. For example, most SRM tools can tell you when a file system threshold is exceeded. Far fewer, though, provide corrective actions that can reduce the amount of storage in the volume or directory to get it below the threshold automatically.

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    From the KEY e-Lab:.

    IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction
    In this Redpaper, IBM provides an introduction to Tivoli Storage Resource Manager. Storage growth continues to accelerate, and the cost of disk can approach 80% of total system hardware costs. Yet, the storage in most businesses is typically only about 50% used. How can you take control of your storage assets to render utilization more efficient and make the most of your storage dollars? The new product IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager helps you discover, monitor, and create enterprise policies for your filesystems and databases. You will find out where all your storage is going, and be able to act intelligently on this information. Application availability is improved because you will have an early warning when filesystems are running out of space. If you are thinking about server consolidation, you can use IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager to help efficiently utilize your accumulated storage resources.

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    KEY Definitions:.


    >From www.techweb.com/encyclopedia

    Storage Management
    The administration of any or all of backup, archival, disaster recovery and hierarchical storage management (HSM) procedures within an organization.

    Data Management

    (1) The part of the operating system that manages the physical storage and retrieval of data on a disk or other device. See access method.

    (2) Software that allows for the creation, storage, retrieval and manipulation of files interactively at a terminal or personal computer. See file manager and DBMS.

    (3) The function that manages data as an organizational resource. See data administration.

    (4) The management of all data/information in an organization. It includes data administration, the standards for defining data and the way in which people perceive and use it.

    Storage Virtualization
    Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to be written to a single programming interface rather than to the details of the various disk, tape and optical devices that are used.

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