Solarwinds Storage Manager

Heterogeneous Storage Management

Storage Manager offers single-pane-of-glass management for storage arrays from EMC, NetApp, HP, IBM, Dell, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and more.

Storage Performance Monitoring

Storage Manager delivers real-time, agentless DAS, NAS and SAN performance monitoring, as well as generates policy-based alerts on status & usage thresholds.

Automated Storage Capacity Planning

Storage Manager automates the collection and presentation of storage forecasting data and tracks performance over time to identify hot spots, peak hours and potential outages.

VM to Physical Storage Mapping

Storage Manager automatically finds and maps VMs, applications and logical connections to your physical storage environment to provide a complete view of performance and capacity.

Storage Manager SupportedDevices

Storage (NAS and SAN)

Dell (Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Reporting)

• Dell^® Compellent
• Dell^™ EqualLogic^™
• Dell PowerVault MD3000i

EMC (Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Reporting)

• EMC^® Celerra ^®
• EMC CLARiiON ^®
• EMC Symmetrix, DMX ^™, VMAX, VMAXe
• EMC VNX

Hitachi (Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Reporting)

• Hitachi Data Systems^™ AMS, Lightning, Thunder
• Hitachi Data Systems ^™ USP, USPV, VSP

HP (Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Reporting)

• HP^® 3PAR
• HP LeftHand P4xxx
• HP StorageWorks EVA
• HP StorageWorks XP

IBM (Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Reporting)

• IBM^® DS^® 3xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx
• IBM^® DS^® 6xxx, 8xxx
• IBM ESS (Enterprise Storage Server^®)
• IBM N series
• IBM SVC (SANVolume Controller)
• IBM V7000
• IBM XIV

NetApp (Performance Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Reporting)

• NetApp©

Other Vendors

• LSI^™
• ONStor^™
• Pillar^®
• SGI^®
• Sun^® StorageTek^® 2xxx & 6xxx Series
• Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager^® 99xx Series
• Xiotech^™ Magnitude 3D & Emprise 7000

Fibre Channel Switches and Fabric

• Brocade^® switches
• Cisco^® switches
• QLogic^® switches
• Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) (Emulex^® and QLogic)

Specifications

	Heterogeneous Storage Management Storage Manager offers single-pane-of-glass management for storage arrays from EMC, NetApp, HP, IBM, Dell, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and more.
	Storage Performance Monitoring Storage Manager delivers real-time, agentless DAS, NAS and SAN performance monitoring, as well as generates policy-based alerts on status & usage thresholds.
	Automated Storage Capacity Planning Storage Manager automates the collection and presentation of storage forecasting data and tracks performance over time to identify hot spots, peak hours and potential outages.
	VM to Physical Storage Mapping Storage Manager automatically finds and maps VMs, applications and logical connections to your physical storage environment to provide a complete view of performance and capacity.
	Storage LUN Views Storage Manager LUN views provide everything you need to know about a LUN in one view – from virtual infrastructure to physical disks – allowing you to quickly diagnose the source of storage problems. LUN views are also the perfect integration point between SolarWinds Virtualization Manager and Storage Manager.
	File Analysis & Data Classification Storage Manager gives you important file analysis and data classification ability to support storage tiering and reclamation.
	Storage I/O Hotspot Detection Storage Manager allows you to quickly isolate storage I/O hotspots and prevent bottlenecks before they impact application and network performance.
	Automated Storage Discovery Storage manager simplifies storage monitoring setup by automating the discovery of EMC and LSI arrays, NetApp filers, VMware vCenter and standalone VMware ESX hosts.
	SAN & Fibre Channel Switch Management Storage Manager delivers comprehensive SAN and Fibre Channel switch management capabilities.
Multi-Vendor Storage Management Has Never Been Simpler! But don’t just take our word for it. At SolarWinds, they believe you should try the software before you buy. That’s why they offer free trials that deliver full product functionality. Simply download and install the software and take a break while Storage Manager discovers your storage devices. When you get back, your monitoring environment will be waiting for you; complete with out-of-the-box dashboards, alerts, reports, and more! It’s just that simple!

Storage Manager Screenshots

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Storage Manager Videos

Storage Manager System Requirements

Hardware

• CPU: 2 CPUs
• Memory: 4-8 GB
• Hard Drive: 50 GB

Software

• Operating System: Windows 2003/2008 32- or 64-bit; Linux RedHat/SUSE 64-bit
• Database: MySQL Database embedded in installation.