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| Tek-Tools Software's EMC/Dell Clariion Module Is Available Tek-Tools Software has announced the availability StorageProfiler for the EMC/Dell Clariion/CX line of storage arrays. Profiler's Clariion module, a component of Tek-Tools' modular resource reporting application, discovers logical and physical attributes and mappings based on EMC's V1.1 SMI-S provider implementation, giving Profiler the capability to report on Clariion's asset information, connectivity (LUNs and Ports), and capacity (physical disks, volumes, and storage pools) both in real time and historically. StorageProfiler for EMC/Dell Clariion is an intuitive web-based application that unifies reporting, monitoring, and notification enabling IT staff to proactively monitor, manage, and report on the storage infrastructure within the enterprise. From the array to switches, HBAs, servers, and mission critical applications, customers can proactively manage and reclaim valuable man-hours through automation, mitigate the risk relative to regulatory and corporate compliance, reduce system outages, and improve performance. When Clariion arrays are used as reservoirs for backed up data, StorageProfiler for EMC Clariion can be combined with BackupProfiler's powerful backup reporting for a complete data protection management program. StorageProfiler for Clariion supports multiple Clariion arrays, heterogeneous platforms, and mission critical applications such as SQL, Oracle, and Exchange. Intuitive by design, the Clariion module allows all levels of Management to customize different views of the data to meet their particular functional need. Custom grouping of assets, arrays, hosts, and file systems create a unique interface that maps technology to business structure for charge-back, capacity planning, and process automation. Profiler's Clariion module is based on the Storage Management Industry Specifications (SMI-S) developed by SNIA, which assists in ascertaining and reporting on data for logical and physical mapping, physical components and operational status, and performance statistics over time. These standards adhere to common practices for data discovery, events, and active management across different hardware devices. Support for Hitachi, HP, and IBM will follow shortly. Profiler's Clariion module reports on volumes, RAID groups/storage pools, disks, initiator and target ports, operational status for the array, processors, and all the associations between each entity. These reports can be run in intervals to collect data over time to assist in managed space consumption on RAID Groups, mapping storage volumes back to the host that they were assigned to, and how these volumes are load balanced across each storage processor on the array. Customers gain valuable insight into storage utilization across the enterprise, can identify the impact of a failure, and can trend and forecast for capacity planning and business continuity decisions, all from a single pane-of-glass view, eliminating the need for manually creating spreadsheets for LUN association and mapping. Profiler for Clariion is easier to deploy than competitive SAN management tools and cost significantly less, saving time and money. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |