Energy Management: The Key to an Effective Storage Consolidation Strategy

An effective storage consolidation strategy is critical for efficient and functional day-to-day operations; however, managers often overlook the most important component of their strategy; energy management. Managers should consider the following energy management issues when formulating storage consolidation strategy: o Operational costs and cost impact of storage o Power and cooling impact of consolidation decisions o Ensure consolidated storage is appropriately sized for virtual/cloud infrastructures o Cost reports to each business line for storage usage

Learning Objectives

How to provide cost reports to each line of business for their storage usage.
How to look at the cost impact of storage in terms of used TB/Watt and money used per TB.
How to determine the operational costs of each tier and redundancy of storage.
How to evaluate the power and cooling impact of consolidation decisions.
How to ensure consolidated storage is appropriately sized for virtual/cloud infrastructures.