Transcript 5 Critical Components of an Enterprise Storage Management

5 Critical Components of an
Enterprise Storage Management
Framework
Steve Duplessie
Founder/Senior Analyst
The Enterprise Storage Group
www.enterprisestoragegroup.com
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Why Bother?
– Because You Need To Become A Utility
• Deliver Storage QoS
• Create, Deliver and Prove SLA’s
• Know Your Costs, Collect Your Rent
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Is It Even Possible?
– The Patriots Won The Super Bowl, Anything is
Possible
– It Will Take a New Infrastructure Paradigm
• Pirus, Cloverleaf Communications and a slew of
smart switch makers are on the horizon
– It Will Take Enterprise Storage Management
Enterprise Storage
Management
• To date, storage management is an ad hoc
collection of disparate tools, predominately
independent device management utilities
(aka just buy 3X what we need).
• ESM is the #1 cost (and potential cost
saving) portion of the Data 2000 IT
departments moving forward.
The Building Blocks of Information
Availability
Information
Availability
Utility-Type Infrastructure
Policy
Managed
Enterprise Storage
Management
Source: Enterprise Storage Group, May 2001
Dynamically
Able to Provision
Network &
System
Management
Charge/
Bill back
Application
Management
Enterprise Storage
Management
• What Do IT Objectives call for?
1. The ability to understand what they have
2. Understand usage patterns by storage
assets
3. Understand usage patterns by line of
business
4. An easier way to guarantee information
availability in order to meet business
objectives
Enterprise Storage
Management
• What Does IT Operations Want?
1. The ability to modify their storage world
2. The ability to create storage policies
3. The ability to restore — 100% of the time
4. The ability to USE disparate hardware
assets
Enterprise Storage Network
Application
Database
Servers
FC/SCSI
InfiniBand
FC/IP
SCSI
over IP
IP
Fibre Channel
Network
Ethernet
Network
Heterogeneous
Protocols
Heterogeneous
Networks
Heterogeneous
Services:
• Raw Device
•File Services
•DB Services
Block
Storage
Source: Enterprise Storage Group, July 2001
File
Storage
Heterogeneous
Devices
Enterprise Storage
Management
• What’s Beyond ESM?
– Automated Action based on
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Business Rules
Policies and Procedures
Best Practices
Attributes
Storage Requirements Differ
by Industry
Value
Healthcare
Engineering
Print Media
Time
Source: Enterprise Storage Group, 2001
Storage Requirements Differ By
Line Of Business
Value
Financial
Software
Development
Rev 1.0
Rev 2.0
Marketing
Time
Source: Enterprise Storage Group, 2001
ESG’s Enterprise Storage
Management Model
Storage
Resource
Management
Storage
Virtualization
Enterprise
Storage
Management
Storage
Network
Management
Data
Management
Storage
Policy
Management
Source: Enterprise Storage Group, June 2001
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Storage Resource Management
– SRM provides (at a base level) the ability to
discover assets and correlate them to
users/application, etc.
– SRM provides the ability to visualize what
data is where – what is duplicate, what is
wasting space, what is being backed up that
shouldn’t be.
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Virtualization
– The great equalizer — it allows you to
neuter the “brand”, creating equality
among array vendors. Creates the
ability to “use” disparate assets.
Enables heterogeneity.
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Data Management
– Backup/Restore/Bus. Continuance,
H/A, HSM, etc. Data Management
delivers the key components of
information life cycle management.
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Storage Network Management
– SNM delivers topology mapping and
discovery, device management,
zoning, multi-pathing, etc. in order to
enable a visual overview with the
ability to drill down.
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Storage Policy Management
– User policies are implemented, which
feed (ultimately) automated processes
in all other areas. Likewise, all other
ESM areas feed into the Policy
Engine.
What Needs to Be Considered?
Type of
Content
Quality
Of
Service
Size
Storage
Management
Attributes
Protection
Levels
Locations
Backup &
Archiving
Policies
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Who Contends For The Framework?
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EMC
CA
HP
BMC
Tom Brady
Sun (yes, Sun)
IBM (Tivoli)
Veritas
Enterprise Storage
Management
• Go To
WWW.ENTERPRISESTORAGEGROUP.COM
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(assuming you’ll agree to participate in
ESG’s periodic research studies)
Questions?
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