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Gain Control over your Storage Environment and Manage Availability, Performance, Usage, Growth, and Cost

Overview This white paper describes how to gain Control over storage environment and manage availability, performance, usage, growth, and cost by using OpenView Storage Area Manager (SAM). OpenView SAM is comprised of a comprehensive software portfolio that simplifies and automates the management of storage resources and infrastructure. It manages tape, disk, and direct- and network-attached storage across multi-vendor devices and distributed environments. From its central management console, IT storage administrators can effectively monitor storage and storage service availability, performance, usage, cost, and growth, while optimizing resources and cost.

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Publisher	Hewlett Packard	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	October 2003	Downloads	7
Format	White Papers
Topics	Storage Management, SANs

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