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IBM Tiered Storage Management Helps Reduce Costs and Complexity

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Not all data is created equal, however, and deriving business value from information dispersed over many different sources means integrating, analyzing and optimizing heterogeneous types and sources of information throughout its lifecycle. Find out how, when deployed together in the same environment, IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager deliver the core technologies need to help customers tier their storage based on classes of service.



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IBM
Published:  May 30, 2008
Type:  White Paper
Length:  4 pages

Simplifying storage lifecycle management
IBM tiered storage management helps
reduce costs and complexity
One thing holds true in the modernstorage environment-data ?lls all avail-able space. And as organizationsacross all industries are adding daily tothe mountains of customer data, ?nan-cial records, e-mails, images and otherelectronic content, many are realizingthat these heaps of data are actuallydriving every decision and processthroughout the enterprise.
Not all data is created equal, however,and deriving business value from infor-mation dispersed over many differentsources means integrating, analyzingand optimizing heterogeneous typesHighlights and sources of information throughoutits lifecycle. This type of Information? Deployed together in the same ? IBM storage software provides On Demand strategy can help compa-environment, IBM TotalStorageŽ powerful capabilities to manage nies create new business insight andProductivity Center, IBM System information through its lifecycle manage risk-key advantages for busi-StorageT SAN Volume Controller nesses faced with increased regulatoryand IBM TivoliŽ Storage Manager ? Customers can align data value and global competitive pressures.deliver the core technologies need with storage costs and requiredto help customers tier their stor- service levelsage based on classes of service ? Centralized storage can helpimprove resource planning andutilization
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ibm.com to locate an IBM reseller or for more informationproducts, the IBM tiered storage solu-tion made up of IBM TotalStorageProductivity Center, IBM SystemStorage SAN Volume Controller andIBM Tivoli Storage Manager deployedtogether creates an architecture formanaging data growth and introduceshighly automated practices. This helpslower manual intervention costs andreduces risks.
By classifying and segmenting data intoa multi-tiered structure, companies cancreate services and service level poli-cies that support each tier and leverageIBM storage software to not only struc-ture the tiers but also do operationalmanagement once the tiers are estab-Yet many companies are overwhelmed Increasingly, customers want to organ-by the explosion of data growth and ize their storage environment into tiers lished. This involves three stages:
lack storage management strategies of storage based on the value of thedata. Stage 1-Classify and rationalizeand disciplines to ensure effective disk datautilization. Many are uncertain aboutwhat should be kept or deleted, result- IBM tiered storage aligns data valueand storage cost in a three stage Stage 2-Establish storage tiersing in unnecessary expense, accessdelays and high retrieval costs. And processwith many experts predicting exponen- To help companies meet this challenge, Stage 3-Determine policies tomanage datatial data growth rates, efficiently manag- IBM has designed information lifecycleing and protecting information assets management solutions for the processof managing information-from creation To help you through each stage of thiscontinue to be huge challenges for IT departments. And, managing storage to disposal-in a manner that aligns process, IBM provides powerful, proven
cost with the changing value of infor- tools that fully integrate to simplify yourservice levels is a growing requirementthat will require better organization of mation. As part of this portfolio of architecture and effectively consolidateresources.the storage to re?ect different servicelevel requirements.IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center This helps you align ownership and resource utilization because the singlejumpstarts data classi?cation in access authorization in accordance with pool of data can be managed from aStage 1 security policies, then determine the central point with only one interface toFor the ?rst stage of the tiered storage business value and service level of spe- learn.approach, IBM TotalStorage ci?c data so it can be placed appropri-Productivity Center provides a single ately and moved if the status later IBM System Storage SAN Volumemanagement platform to manage per- changes. Controller is designed to be quick toformance, availability and capacity of implement and supports a phasedyour storage infrastructure. TotalStorage IBM System Storage SAN Volume implementation starting with a smallProductivity Center offers centralized Controller simpli?es tiered storage in pilot.management from a single console, Stage 2which allow... [download for more]

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