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WHAT TO KEEP. WHAT TO TRASH.
Now sorting through data isn’t a chore.
WHAT IS SRM?
OVERLAND STORAGE AND SRM
Simply put, SRM enables IT profession-
Overland Storage Resource Manager
als to complete IT projects on time
was developed to to meet the
and under budget. It is the first step to
demands of ever-challenged IT
making decisions and setting policies
departments with ever-shrinking
about what data to keep, what to
budgets. The value of Overland SRM
archive and what to prevent from
becomes clear when enterprises are
getting on the system in the first place.
concerned about disaster recovery
As a result, IT professionals can control
plans, shrinking backup windows,
costs and allocate resources back to
server consolidations, or migration to
users and departments. SRM tools
new storage technologies. It is crucial
reduce the IT workload, and therefore
that the data be sized properly, that
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to manage data. It’s not uncommon
enterprise edition
to recover 30 to 50 percent of unused
disk space, providing additional
growth rates are accurately
product that gives organizations the
storage space.
storage environment
• Simplify SAN/NAS planning and
server consolidation
• Full suite of tools to increase network
reliability, reclaim storage
• Web interface allows remote
access/management
• Configuration and Policy Wizards
• Intelligent Agents automate tasks,
policies are in place.
is a fully open storage management
reducing the costs of purchasing new
• Open architecture works with any
simplify installation
forecasted, and that strong
Overland Storage Resource Manager
resources for storing new data and
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saving time and money, and
increasing reliability
• Multi-platform support: Windows
ability to analyze storage trends,
NT/2000, Novell NetWare, Sun Solaris,
rapidly identify storage problems,
IBM AIX, HP-UX, Linux
optimize storage resources, and take
corrective action before issues arrive.
• Wider support for file types—SQL
Server, Oracle and Exchange reports
provide both high-level and
Gartner Inc. expects the enterprise storage
detailed views of all data
resource management (ESRM) software
market to grow to $1.8 billion by 2006,
demonstrating a 14.4 percent CAGR from
2001 to 2006. SRM represents the fastest
growing segment of the market and is
expected to reach nearly $740 million in
revenue by 2006, a 26.5 percent CAGR.
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STORAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Successful IT projects start here.
SRM translates into higher
IT efficiency and lower IT costs.
IMMEDIATE ROI
DISASTER RECOVERY
SAN/NAS IMPLEMENTATION AND SERVER CONSOLIDATION
Realizing immediate
cost savings.
Disaster recover planning.
on SAN, NAS or other devices an increasingly greater issue. Effectively managing
SRM software can slice and dice data
you must have an accurate picture
Planning for SAN/NAS
implementation and server
consolidation.
storage resources is an IT task that requires accurate information, unambiguous
in new ways, as well as log and trend
of what data resides on the network.
Even in today’s environment, where IT
priorities and a set of tools to automate as much of the heavy lifting as possible.
data. It can also monitor for pre-
Based on this view of storage
budgets are tight and resources have
With those priorities clear and armed with a precise view of network data, you
defined events, with automation
resources, the administrator can
been reduced, projects that lower
can better plan disaster recovery, prepare for SAN/NAS implementation, simplify
capabilities that allow you to define
obtain an initial baseline,
costs and increase efficiency must
server consolidation, and proactively take steps to shrink the time required for
the storage rules, walk away and let
eliminating faulty assumptions that
move forward. The advantages of
network backups.
the system be the enforcer. The result
could have costly and catastrophic
SAN and NAS storage are clear. But
is a significant cost savings.
consequences.
how do you get there?
With hundreds or thousands of users on a corporate network, today’s data
explosion is larger than it’s ever been, making the cost of maintaining that storage
WHY SRM IS THE FIRST STEP.
When addressing disaster recovery,
Consider this—a Boston-based finan-
With an accurate picture of your
cial institution recently installed an
mission-critical data, identifying what
Would you ever move to a new house without first cleaning out your garage?
SRM software solution to reclaim lost
must be stored off-site or at a hot site
Probably not. What about building new closets in your home as soon as you run
storage space and reduce its backup
is much easier. An effective disaster
out of room in your old ones? Not likely. You’d take a look at what you have and
window. With six terabytes of data
recovery plan calls for regular assess-
see what you can get rid of.
storage and growing at a rate of 100
ment of storage resources to ensure
Likewise, before you tackle that huge data storage project that’s been staring at
you for the past few months, know that storage resource management (SRM) is
the first step to every successful IT initiative.
percent annually, its IT staff spent
that all key data that has been
more than 50 hours each week
altered is backed up. An added
managing the data. The annual cost
benefit provided by a good SRM
of managing the company’s storage
tool is the automatic cleaning of
had soared to nearly $970,000!
unnecessary files.
RIGHT-SIZE YOUR SAN/NAS PURCHASE
Establishing your baseline for the
storage environment is critical when
IDENTIFY AND MIGRATE ONLY
CRITICAL DATA
BACKUP WINDOW
analysis of network storage is its
reporting tools. A comprehensive
Storage maintenance is crucial when
solution provides reports and
planning new storage or considering
summaries that are easy to navigate
migration. Such a large IT project
and provide answers to the above
provides the opportunity for major
questions. The same reports can help
storage reorganization and changes
assess how long it will take to com-
to the storage environment. SRM users
plete the storage migration project
typically reduce their data by 30 to 50
and allow the IT department to pick
percent, which equals 30 to 50 per-
the best possible time to physically
cent less data that you have to move
execute the migration.
to the new SAN or NAS (imagine
how much less junk you could be
hauling around).
planning for additional SAN or NAS or
SRM tools can discover duplicate files,
contemplating storage consolidation
previous versions of files, undesired
and migration. SRM provides real
multimedia files and huge mail files.
information on the data you have
Removing surplus data on the network
allowing you to purchase just the right
allows the administrator to gain a
amount of equipment. You can
more accurate view of the topology
reduce costs by choosing storage that
and, based on accurate data instead
makes the most sense based on
of rough estimates, scientifically
Overall, its IT staff reclaimed one
IT departments can expect to realize
actual needs and growth rates of an
predict future storage needs—and
terabyte of storage space and
significant increases in personnel
efficient network.
drive the most cost-effective purchase
Shrink the backup.
How many times have you lost sleep
over network backups? Particularly
for the nationwide or global
enterprise, finding enough time to
complete network backups can be
a challenge, with users working late
into the night in one office and early
in the morning in another.
SRM is a strong complement to existing backup software. The same SRM
MOVE IT
tools that facilitate disaster recovery
When it comes time to deploy new
planning are vital to keeping the
storage resources or migrate to a
backup small enough to fit the avail-
new server, a powerful SRM tool is
able window, accurately identifying
key to predicting full storage capacity.
mission-critical data and cleaning
This allows the IT department to
network storage to ensure that
reduce the impact on end users
unnecessary files aren’t backed up.
and select the most appropriate
time to perform the deployment or
migration. As an added benefit,
SRM can actually move the data to
the new SAN or NAS.
As with every other step in the
resource management process,
the ability to automate the datagathering, analysis and scheduling of
backups produces a corresponding
decisions. Once cleaned, continued
reduction in the need for personnel.
reduced its backup window by
efficiency. Instead of rummaging
30 percent. In only four months, the
through directory structures one at a
JUSTIFY THE COST WITH THE REAL DATA
maintenance is necessary to maximize
In addition, detailed SRM reports
company broke even, reducing its
time to find mission-critical files, staff
When you go to management, feel
performance of all kinds, from day-to-
provide you with the ability to verify
storage management costs by
can quickly identify important data to
comfortable that you have the real
day activities to periodic backups.
that planned backups occurred and
26 percent. As a result of installing
be backed up and spend their time
facts to justify your purchase. SRM
SRM software, the company’s first
designing and implementing other
reports how much data you have and
year savings alone totaled $255,000,
projects.
how it is growing. A thorough report
As you go through the process of
on the status of the enterprise may be
planning what data goes where on
necessary, chronicling the existing
your new storage platforms, have the
situation, the courses of action you’ve
detailed information on what data
already taken, and what the future
you do have and where the data is
holds. Arming executives with the
located. Then map out how it will
necessary evidence to justify your
migrate to your SAN/NAS.
recommendations is key to swift
SRM’s major contribution to the
with an additional $100,000 savings
expected in year two.
SRM’s final contribution to the disaster
recovery process is the ability to
move files to efficiently restore the
missing data from the disaster
recovery site, returning the enterprise
to productivity.
project approval.
PLAN YOUR MIGRATION
that the desired files were actually
backed up.
SUMMARY:
SRM is a valuable tool that
promises to do more with less.
By installing SRM software, your
resource-strained IT department
can immediately begin to boost
network efficiency by gaining an
accurate assessment of what data
resides where so that you can
better manage it and implement
those projects that your CIO has
been asking for—not those that
take up all of your time.