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Global Storage Manager (GSM) software

StorageTek’s enterprise storage resource management (ESRM) solution offers comprehensive business analytics and extensive device support, enabling large enterprises to efficiently manage heterogeneous, multi-site storage infrastructures.


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Product Collateral
Implementation Services Global Storage Manager (GSM) offering collateral (pdf 85K May 2005)
Global Storage Manager offering collateral (pdf 137K Dec 2004)
 
 
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ApplicationsTop

Data center management
Global Storage Manager software can be used to centralize storage operations monitoring, reporting and management in complex data center environments.

Backup and restore
Global Storage Manager software can help maintain data availability across multiple backup applications.

Storage consolidation
By providing a cumulative view of storage operations in an organization, GSM software can help make storage and server consolidation more manageable.

Features and IT BenefitsTop

Instant visibility
All available SAN, NAS, DAS, backup, tape and other storage assets across the enterprise,
regardless of vendor or location, are viewable from a single console.

Centralized control
A Web-based GUI provides a single point of control for more easily managing distributed storage environments.

Real-time views
Usage trends, up-to-the-minute inventory, system status and more, provide a real-time snapshot of the complete enterprise storage infrastructure.

Improve utilization
Misallocated or underused storage capacity is easily identified, helping postpone or even eliminate equipment purchases.

Safer data
Real-time notification identifies exposed data from failed back-ups anywhere in the storage environment.

Business analytics
Actionable information allows companies to measure and manage storage resources like a business, by providing valuable analytics to every level of the organization.

 
PricingTop

Pricing varies based on size of implementation and number of sites. Contact the "How to Buy" help desk at 1-800-577-4785 for more information.

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SpecificationsTop
Operating Environment
 
Local manager server - software requirements (Windows 2000):Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 2 –or- Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition.
Third party products as required by individual agents - refer to support matrix.
Local manager server - hardware requirements (Windows 2000):Dedicated Local Manager: 500 MB available disk space, 1 CPU (1 GHz or higher) and 1GB memory minimum; 2GB or higher recommended.
Non-dedicated Local Manager: 500 MB available disk space, 1 CPU (1GHz or higher) and 1GB memory minimum; 2GB or higher recommended.
Local manager server - software requirements (Solaris):Solaris 7,8 or 9.
Third party products as required by individual agents - refer to support matrix.
Local manager server - hardware requirements (Solaris):Dedicated Local Manager: 500 MB available disk space, 1 CPU (1 GHz or higher) and 1GB memory minimum; 2GB or higher recommended.
Non-dedicated Local Manager: 500 MB available disk space, 1 CPU (1GHz or higher) and 1GB memory minimum; 2GB or higher recommended.
Management console - software requirements::Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 2 –or – Windows 2003 Standard with IIS 5.0 and SMTP services installed.
Java 2 Runtime Environment.
Management console - hardware requirements::Base configuration (up to 100 users): 1 CPU (1GHz or higher) and 1 GB memory, 9 GB available disk space Per additional 100 users: 1 CPU (1 GHz or higher) and 1 GB RAM.
Central manager database server - software requirements:Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 2 –or- Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, with Service Pack 3.
Central manager database server - hardware requirements:Base configuration: 1 CPU (1GHz or higher) and 1 GB memory, 50 GB available disk space.
Per additional 1000 agents (100 storage and 900 host agents): 1 CPU (1GHz or higher, 1 GB RAM and 50 GB disk space.
 
 

 
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