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Enterprise Storage Management

Enterprise Storage Management. Steve Duplessie Founder/Senior Analyst The Enterprise Storage Group www.enterprisestoragegroup.com September, 2001. Enterprise Storage Management. To date ESM is an ad hoc collection of disparate tools, predominately independent device management utilities.

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Enterprise Storage Management

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  1. Enterprise Storage Management Steve Duplessie Founder/Senior Analyst The Enterprise Storage Group www.enterprisestoragegroup.com September, 2001

  2. Enterprise Storage Management • To date ESM is an ad hoc collection of disparate tools, predominately independent device management utilities. • ESM is the number one cost (and potential cost saving) portion of the data 2000 IT departments moving forward.

  3. The Building Blocks ofInformation Availability Information Availability Utility-Type Infrastructure Policy Managed Dynamically Provisionable Charge/ Billback Network & System Management Enterprise Storage Management Application Management Source: Enterprise Storage Group, May 2001

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Enterprise Storage Network Application Database Servers Heterogeneous Protocols SCSI over IP FC/SCSI FC/IP Infiniband IP Heterogeneous Networks Fibre Channel Network Ethernet Network • Heterogeneous • Services: • Raw Device • File Services • DB Services Block Storage File Storage Heterogeneous Devices Source: Enterprise Storage Group, July 2001

  7. Enterprise Storage Management • What Do Users Dream About? • Automated Action based on • Business Rules • Policies and Procedures • Best Practices

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Enterprise Storage Management • Data Management • Backup/Restore/Bus. Continuance, H/A, HSM, etc. Data Management delivers the key components of information life cycle management.

  12. Storage Requirements Differ by Industry Healthcare Engineering Value Print Media Time Source: Enterprise Storage Group, May 2001

  13. 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.

  14. Remote Storage Remote FC SAN Remote IP Storage WAN MAN FC SAN to iSCSI Gateway FC SAN FC, ESCON, SCSI blocks SCSI or FC Files NFS, CIFS NAS head BU boot Rich media NAS head iSCSI Block devices iSCSI Hba servers NAS Appliance DAS NAS SAN Utility Chronology of Storage Networking Ethernet Network Source: Enterprise Storage Group, August 2001

  15. Enterprise Storage Management • Storage Policy Management • User policies are implemented, which feed (ulitmately) automated processes in all other areas. Likewise, all other ESM areas feed into the Policy Engine.

  16. Type of Content Quality Of Service Size Protection Levels Locations Backup & Archiving Policies What Needs to Be Considered? Storage Management Attributes

  17. Enterprise Storage Management • Today we are still at the starting gate: • SRM works • Virtualization is new • Data Management is proven • SNM is really only device management and rudimentary topology mapping. • Policy Engines exist sporadically but are not well integrated.

  18. How Many Terabytes Per Storage Admin? • Now • Projected • Unknown • What assumptions have you made ? • Tools • Training • Partners

  19. Enterprise Storage Management • Questions? • Steved@enterprisestoragegroup.com

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