Storage Management White Papers

Storage Consolidation: The Solution for Runaway Data Growth and Limited Management Resources

• Tags:
• storage management,
• administrators,
• availability,
• freedom

Overview Information is the enterprise's most valuable asset. Unfortunately, while the both amount of valuable data that is being collected and the amount of time it is being kept online are increasing rapidly, the resources to manage this vital information are not. This presents a considerable challenge to companies striving to exploit data for competitive advantage, and the responsibility falls to storage administrators to store, manage, and protect that information. Consolidation of storage systems is being considered by more and more companies as a way to address this challenge. Consolidation holds the promise of simplifying operations, reducing costs, and improving resource efficiency. However, these same companies do not want to "buy" these benefits at a "cost" of reduced information availability and performance. The purpose of this white paper is to illustrate how consolidating storage systems around the Hitachi Data Systems solution elements - the Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ Series systems, the Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ V Series systems, and advanced function software, including the HiCommand™ management framework — can help administrators efficiently manage growing amounts of information, while improving productivity and reducing costs. This white paper will also discuss how the Hitachi Data Systems approach to storage consolidation will achieve these benefits without impacting availability and performance.

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