Storage Management
Does managing your storage systems seem like a hassle? Not with Infortrend's management tools
Storage is an essential part of any network. For many companies, storage management is still a manual process – an ongoing chore that drains an IT team's time and budget.
There is an easy way to manage your storage easily and effectively. By using Infortrend's storage management tools, users can manage their storage systems and data operations without having to install several, separate software applications.
- Overview
- Benefits
Storage infrastructure gets complicated with data growth, posing new challenges to IT managers. To simplify storage management, Infortrend consolidates many advanced functions on its management platforms. Via in-band or out-of-band connection, users can configure, administer and monitor multiple Infortrend storage systems whenever and however they like. When any abnormal events happen, systems will automatically notify users for proactive handling. Users are also allowed to continuously check the performance of individual hard drives, ensuring their full contribution to optimal system productivity. At no additional costs, the comprehensive storage management features make it easy to optimize storage infrastructure for high availability, efficiency and performance.
Infortrend provides two kinds of storage platforms – SANWatch and RAIDWatch. RAIDWatch is used to manage the ASIC226-based models, including A12F/A08F-G2422, A12E-G2121 and A24U/A16U/A12U/A08U/A04U-G2421, while the SANWatch is used to manage all other EonStor, EonStor DS and ESVA systems. With SANWatch, you can access all the above functionsThe easy management access from local host or via network

The Differences Infortrend Storage Management Makes:
| IT Problems | With Infortrend Management Tools |
|---|---|
| Waste IT resources on time-consuming and labor-intensive administration of individual storage systems | Manage multiple systems at a single, unified location |
| Continuous monitoring of system status to avoid delaying error-handling | Receive real-time notifications on the road so that proactive actions can be taken to ensure system availability |
| Inadequate understanding of system status causes poor storage planning | Base storage planning on the complete and accurate system view to achieve efficient resource allocation |
| Fail to identify faulty drives until they fail and threaten data integrity | Easily identify faulty drives referring to performance graphs and replace them before they cause application downtime |
Infortrend Storage Management can bring you:
Easy Storage Visibility and Configuration
Centralize management of storage infrastructure. Users can have an overall understanding of system status at a glance and perform required configurations from a central location whether the storage systems are remote or local, one or many.
Full Control over System Health
Present detailed system information and disk drive performance graphs. Real-time reports help users quickly diagnose system problems and bottlenecks.
Proactive Error-Handling
Automatic event notifications are sent via email, fax, LAN broadcast, SNMP traps or SMS. Notifications sent through user-configured way alert users to proactively manage critical status changes before they hurt system availability.
Improved IT Efficiency
Make informed decisions with comprehensive and accurate system data. Users are equipped with necessary knowledge on system status to make proper storage planning for high resource efficiency