Storage Management

The Abstracts

SRM and SAN Management: Reduce Management Costs and Complexity

Andy Namynanik Download

Storage networks were introduced to ease issues with backup, improve access rates and availability as well as the efficiency of managing distributed storage. Storage networks also introduced many new layers of abstraction and network resources to manage, thereby replacing the direct application server to storage relationship. This problem was amplified as users were forced to master multiple device managers, fabric managers, performance tools, etc., resulting in a soaring cost of training and administration. Today's SRM and SAN Management solutions allow administrators to become more efficient at managing resources and consequently service levels, and provide the automated discovery, monitoring, reporting and policy-based actions needed to  proactively manage a complex, multi-vendor storage network.

Learning Objectives

• This tutorial will illustrate the end user benefits of leveraging an SRM solution for effective, efficient and centralized management of everyday operational tasks as well as enabling long-term strategic initiatives such as ILM, Server and Storage Consolidation and Backup Planning and Deployment.
• This tutorial will illustrate the end user benefits being realized through the adoption of industry standards.

Records Managers and Storage Managers Speak - Get the Real Story Behind ILM

Moderator: John Webster. Panelists: Marty LeFebvre, Wendy Betts, Bruce White Download

Come get the real story behind ILM, and solve the mystery of records managers. What do they do? How can they help storage managers and engineers? This session features a panel of records managers from ARMA and storage managers from the SNIA End User Council. They'll discuss the differences of between their roles, offer their perspective on issues like Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA, take your questions, and show how, together, you can help address company business problems.

Learning Objectives

• Understanding the roles and responsibilities of records managers
• Understanding the roles and responsibilities of IT managers as they work with records and records managers

Part II - ITIL Foundation for SNIA Certification: Service Delivery and Storage Management

Dr. D. Akira Robinson Download

ITIL coupled with SNIA Standards provide an excellent model for the Management of Storage in an IT Service Management environment & an essential foundation for Storage Management of any scale. We will review the extremely well defined & highly tested ITIL SERVICE DELIVERY processes (i.e. Capacity Mgmt, Availability Mgmt, Continuity Mgmt & Service Level Mgmt), showing the interface between each & the resulting process I/O to Storage Management.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will learn that Storage Management is not an isolated operational function, but interdependent on the many IT Service Management processes.
• Participants will learn that ITIL can provide a solid foundation for understanding how Storage Management processes are built, matured and made viable.

Storage Management from SMI-S to Management Frameworks

Mark Carlson Download

The SNIA Storage Management Interface Specification (SMI-S) has received widespread adoption now among vendors of storage networks and storage devices. Now the SNIA is moving up the management stack to address the common components of management software. This tutorial, designed for IT managers and administrators, focuses on the automated management now beginning to be possible with the recent work taking place in ILM and Management Frameworks. The resulting reduction in cost and complexity of managing data and information is now starting to be deployed in customer environments. In addition, the tutorial will show how business needs can be met by automating the maintenance of service levels through policy-based management as well as lowering the hurdle of bringing IT solutions more timely to market.

Learning Objectives

• The tutorial will show how business needs can be met by automating the maintenance of service levels through policy-based management
• The tutorial will show how business needs can be met by lowering the hurdle of bringing IT solutions more timely to market

SRM: Can You Get What You Want?

John Webster Download

Storage resource management (SRM) tools are becoming a must have capability, particularly for large-scale data centers. However, those who have tried SRM software tools have often found them to be difficult to install and fall short of original expectations. This presentation first surveys, and then evaluates, the product capabilities in this space. It then suggests ways to go about constructing an RFI/RFP process that clearly differentiates responding vendors.

Learning Objectives

• Learn what capabilities are available from SRM tools and the vendors that have created them.
• Learn how to construct an RFI/RFP that delivers an understanding of what tool/vendor can best deliver what you need.