TSF delivers the first Java-enabled enterprise Storage Resource Management (SRM) solution that simplifies the administration and management of distributed and mainframe storage resources across the entire enterprise, from a single point of control. TSF helps you plan more effectively, lower administration costs, and puts you in control of your storage environment.
TeraCloud Storage Framework
What is TSF? Supported Environments TSF delivers the first Java-enabled enterprise Storage Resource Management ` z/OS (all IBM supported versions) (SRM) solution that simplifies the administration and management of distributed and mainframe storage resources across the entire enterprise, from a single point ` Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32 bit) of control. TSF helps you plan more effectively, lower administration costs, and puts and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 bit) you in control of your storage environment. Its reliable, easy-to-use centralized ` Microsoft Windows Server 2000 and Windows Advanced administration improves storage utilization of your existing storage assets, Server 2000 automates repetitive tasks, and helps control future storage expenditures through accurate trending and forecasting of storage growth. ` SUN Microsystems Solaris 8, 9, and 10 ` IBM AIX 5.3 Platform and Hardware Independent ` Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2, AS and ES Independent of an operating system, file system and hardware storage vendor, TSF enables you to centrally manage storage in any combination of complex ` Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, AS and ES heterogeneous environments - including DAS, NAS, SAN and Mainframe-attached storage. TSF's unified solution maximizes the value of your storage network in all ` Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, AS and ES phases of storage management: assessment, monitoring, configuration, allocation, and planning and is totally hardware and platform independent.
Solution Highlights Common Storage Management Console This easy to use interface provides Detail and Summary reporting, History and Trending capabilities as well as Saved User Views and print publishing facilities. Scheduled data collection All collector jobs that gather data and place in databases or flat files may now be scheduled and run via a started task Automation IF statements Process automation IF statements against data collected within the z/OS environment to determine whether further actions are deemed necessary View and graph history data Capture history data in the TSF suite for views and graphs within the interface Integrated storage reporting Report on the composition of each volume DAS, SAN, or NAS. Topology view allows the administrator to visually understand the physical makeup of the storage architecture Click to add or change photo Audit Facilities Interrogate valid and non-valid entries in the storage subsystems to quickly detect invalid status and submit corrective action TSF Topology Viewer Depicts Relationships Quickly
Provides Action Capabilities Actions are provided for immediate execution from the interface giving the user control over batch or scripted actions against the selected objects. Logical Pooling Definitions View an application set of data that spans all media types (disk, tape, HSM) within the z/OS storage environment For more information about this or other Dynamic Groups Define logical groups of data based on how the organization report on TeraCloud products and services, please call business units can now dynamically reflect changes of the data usage patterns. 800.742.3389 or 425.709.2900, or visit our Web site at www.teracloud.com Apply policies against groups Ability to apply policies against groups including the new "dynamic groups" feature. For example, apply a policy to a group to email a warning when the group contains more than 2,000 files.
Challenge Solution Key Benefits Keeping storage-related expenses to a TeraCloud Storage Framework (TSF) provides ` Learning the interface for one OS platform has the minimum one single interface for storage data allowing effect of learning all supported platforms Monitor your current utilization and track it over access to multi-platform storage metrics as well time in ways that are easy to customize to fit as multi-level media within the z/OS platform. ` Data collectors can be run when the storage your organization. TSF helps you to identify Combined with this is greatly expanded administrator determines it's prudent and has the future needs based on historical trends. automation capabilities on Z Series that allow complete flexibility in scheduling capabilities "Collector Real-Time" automation to be Removing repetitive data-gathering tasks performed on any storage data kept in the ` Customers using... [download for more]
