2. Who Is APTARE?
APTARE is the leading, independent provider of a
single platform solution which gives unparalleled
visibility across Backup, Data Storage, SAN
Fabric and Virtualization in today’s business
environments.
We have helped hundreds of enterprise class
companies achieve;
– Greatly increased storage efficiency
– Accurate capacity planning and forecasting
– Improved KPIs, RTO/RPO & SLA performance
– Drive successful audits
– Effortless chargeback (or showback!)
– Reduced service issues and penalties
– Detailed automated reporting and alerting
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3. Suite of Tightly Integrated Products
Storage Management Data Protection Management
Backup
Backup Manager
SAN Fabric Replication
Fabric Manager Replication Manager
StorageConsole
Virtual Servers Storage Reports
Common
Virtualization Manager Capacity Manager
Database
Unstructured
Data
File Analytics
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4. Flexible, Scalable Architecture
Storage Console
Data Collector
Storage Console
https
Data Collector
Internet / Intranet
HDS
Storage Array
EMC
Storage Array
HP
Data Storage Array
Collector Database
SAN
IBM/LSI
vCenter Fabric Storage Array
VM
Server NetApp Storage
Windows/
Unix Hosts
Backup
Server
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5. APTARE Advantages
Agentless Data Collection
– No additional software installed on servers
Single Data Store
– Exponential value with additional modules
Web-based Reporting
– Reports are run from anywhere on any web browser
Heterogeneous
– Support for all the main vendors and products
Multi-Tenanted
– Create Customer/Department specific views.
Custom Report Writing
Global Hub and Spoke Architecture
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6. Solving Real-world problems in storage
management
Storage Illumination & Visibility
End-to-end, one view, heterogeneous
Utilization- business, tier, application
New Technology Rollout Utilization & Performance
Baseline, measure effectiveness Buy less & use more
Verify product didn’t efficiently. Reclaim 10-30%
impact storage Storage performance
Policy Enforcement
Policy Enforcement Chargeback / Showback
Chargeback
Set, measure and enforce policies Define business units and
Utilization and improper map to storage usage by tier
or sensitive files Implement automated billing
Cloud / Outsource Trending / Prediction
Visibility and SLA Predict and prevent
management in multi- capacity problems
tenancy environments Illuminate performance
bottlenecks
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7. Benefits of APTARE StorageConsole
Reclaim storage space
– Product ROIs with just 5%
Automate chargeback/showback reporting
– Eliminate time needed for monthly billing
– Slow storage growth! Communicate BU usage
Perform predictive analysis
– Avoid emergency purchases,
forecast expenses
– Predict future growth & trending
Maximize storage utilization
– Correct amount, on correct tier, at correct time
– Monitor and alert on irregular utilization
Ensure compliance
– Set policies , automate process to remove sensitive files
Reduce Total Cost of Ownership
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Editor's Notes
StorageConsole comes when any module is purchased. Adding modules is a simple license key upgrade. The additional information that is collected creates a much richer set of reports where data from the entire storage eco-system can be consolidated into a number of customizable reports that adds the maximum value to a specific customer.Different reports can be used by different areas of the business. CIO will be interested in looking at high level compliance reportsFinance are interested in Chargeback reports so that they are able to assign costs to different departmentsPurchasing are interested in the Capacity Forecast reports showing when procurement cycles will be needed.Support want to get an overall view of errors over time so they can group errors that are related rather than inefficiently dealing with errors as and when they come up.IT Management want to know how they can drive storage efficiency, problem resoluition and reduced work-load
Loading additional software on servers creates problems with extended test and deployment times, upgrade compatibility and processor overhead.By combining modules increases the value as the user gets to cross-reference data from different places to make it more useful. For example, collecting information from the Storage, Servers and SAN Fabric shows a complete end-to-end profile of any storage volume, how is sharing it, what speed of infrastructure is it using, is it truly in HA mode, are the applications seeing all of the storage that you believe is allocated to it.Reporting can run from any browser in the native web format. This means that no additional plug-ins are required. Reports can be viewed from portable devices such as iPads, iPhones and Android tablets and Smartphones without the need for a specific App.APTARE produces reports for the whole storage environment and reports are written in the different vendors terminology so that interpretation of results is intuitive and useful straight awayDifferent logins can be created for different users presenting a reports structure that is clear and easier to use by limiting by Department, Storage, Location, Report…..Reports are written is standard SQL making it easy to modify, customise and combine reports for the maximum impact.
Eliminate manual tasks and spreadsheets. Can save 5-25 hours plus a week in reducing the weekly and ad hoc reports that must be created. Increase operational efficiency with a storage manager that offers end-to-end visibility and centralized control Reduce the costs of multiple point tools with integrated storage management software Automate Chargeback/ShowbackCreate internal cloud serviceGood way to slow storage growth-even 1% reduction in growth saves significant money.Storage utilizationFind underutilized hosts. Find underutilized Interswitch Links (ISL’s).Verify that applications are using the correct tier of storage.Identify utilization rate improvement opportunities: With the host utilization view, can identify reclamation opportunities.Unallocated and undiscovered LUN’sLUN’s allocated and discovered but not usedLUNs part of a volume group, but no data written to that volume groupLUNs allocated to a decommissioned hostUnused space inside a volume groupVolumes created but not mountedUnused space inside a Database such as SQL Server or OracleMake sure you’re not giving tier 1 to a tier 2 applicationEnsure complianceAutomated policies- Set Policy -> Report -> Enforce Policy (MDE, User Reports/action) - > Revisit Policy (change definition of stale data, inappropriate files, etc.)Reduce Total Cost of OwnershipReduce the costs of multiple point tools with integrated storage management software
