IT Projects: Storage Resource & Capacity Management

Definition

Maximize storage utilization processes to reduce waste and costs, reclaim lost or orphaned storage, and optimize efficiency.

Challenges

Attaining end-to-end visibility to map applications to underlying server, switch, and storage infrastructure for all physical, logical, and virtual components
Implementing proactive monitoring of the infrastructure across the entire data path to meet service level agreements
Gaining global storage reporting capabilities or a tool to implement chargeback for storage services rendered
Rectifying low storage utilization rates and out-of-date information

Symantec Solution: Storage Management

Standardize and automate the management of heterogeneous storage platforms to maximize storage utilization, increase IT responsiveness, and lower infrastructure and operational costs.

Maximize storage utilization with enterprise-wide visibility
Standardize on a single software infrastructure to improve service levels and reduce costs
Provide global view of storage resources across geographically dispersed data center locations
Reduce usage of storage resources by outdated, duplicate, and nonbusiness-related files

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