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Storage Insight for Availability
Automated management of availability problems

EMC Smarts Storage Insight for Availability dramatically reduces downtime and mean time to repair (MTTR) across the fibre channel storage area network (SAN). Storage Insight for Availability automates the process of identifying the source and impact of availability problems, distilling thousands of confusing alerts into a few true root-cause problems. This ensures fast, accurate diagnosis and problem repair throughout the SAN infrastructure.

EMC Smarts Storage Insight for Availability delivers:

FeaturesBenefits
Cross-domain correlationEliminate rules writing and the high cost of managing silos, and maximize SAN availability when you use Storage Insight for Availability.
Automated root-cause analysisDo away with manual analysis, lower management costs, and quickly restore critical business services.
Business impact calculationsSee immediately how SAN infrastructure problems affect departments and business services.
Problem/impact correlationImprove productivity, reduce the number of trouble tickets, and streamline processes across the data center and the network operations center.
EMC Smarts technologyLeverage information from EMC ControlCenter and harness the power of patented EMC Smarts modeling and analysis technologies.
Solution integrationIntegrate with other EMC Smarts and third-party solutions, correlating problems and business impacts across SAN and IP networks.
Simplified multivendor managementPerform root-cause and impact analysis on Network Appliance and HDS storage arrays supported by ControlCenter.

Product NameOperating Environment
Application Discovery Manager -EMC Smarts Application Discovery Manager discovers and maps—in real time—applications and business processes interrelating within the IT infrastructure, to quickly determine the impact of infrastructure incidents.
Business Impact Manager -EMC Smarts Business Impact Manager ensures availability of key business services by mapping business processes to the network and application resources that support them.
IP Availability Manager -EMC Smarts IP Availability Manager enables realtime root-cause and impact analysis of Internet Protocol (IP) networks, improving your mean time to repair and maximizing IT availability.
Symmetrix DMX-4 -EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 is a flexible, high-end networked storage system that enables massive consolidation and excellent scalability. Get 4 Gb/s performance, advanced security, and energy efficiency in an easy-to-operate storage system.
Symmetrix DMX-4 950 -EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 950 is an entry-level, high-end storage system that enables you to consolidate data, host applications, and storage tiers—reliably, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
Symmetrix Manager -EMC Symmetrix Manager enables you to discover, monitor, and configure your EMC Symmetrix storage from a single console—and automate key system management and replication tasks.
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