Enterprise Storage Management Steve Duplessie Founder/Senior Analyst The Enterprise Storage Group 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 of Information Availability Source: Enterprise Storage Group, May 2001 Information Availability Utility-Type Infrastructure Dynamically Provisionable Charge/ Billback Policy Managed Enterprise Storage Management Network & System Management Application Management

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

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 Enterprise Storage Management Storage Virtualization Storage Resource 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 Value Time Print Media Engineering Healthcare 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 SCSI or FC DAS Chronology of Storage Networking FC, ESCON, SCSI NAS Appliance Files NFS, CIFS NAS Remote Storage WAN NAS head Remote FC SAN SAN FC SAN iSCSI Hba servers iSCSI Block devices blocks FC SAN to iSCSI Gateway BUbootRich media Remote IP Storage MAN Utility NAS head 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 What Needs to Be Considered? Storage Management Attributes Type of Content Quality Of Service Size Protection Levels Locations Backup & Archiving Policies

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?