EMC has announced EMC SAN Architect, a Web-based software for SAN design, modelling and validation, as part of its new online EMC ControlCenter management capabilities.
"Through new online access and new subscription-based software, EMC is giving customers a single management environment and software solutions that reach from their specific infrastructure directly into EMC`s collective knowledge bases and intelligence engines," says Alex Robertson, Technology Solutions Group Manager, EMC SA.
The new SAN Architect extends EMC`s lead in automated networked storage by enabling end-users and integrators to reduce the risk and time associated with SAN planning, design and change management.
"With SAN Architect, customers now have a way to model changes - or design new SANs - quickly and easily, with the assurance that the resulting topology will function properly within their specific environments," says Robertson.
SAN Architect guides storage architects and IT administrators through the design and validation of fully functional SANs. By eliminating repetitive manual tasks and removing the guesswork from "what-if" scenarios, SAN Architect adds predictive intelligence to customers` SAN consolidation and control efforts.
"SAN Architect ensures that proposed changes are accurate and precise by modelling and validating hosts, host bus adapters, switches and storage arrays, producing a final design that`s 100% supported by EMC," says Robertson.
He says customers are faced with ever-growing complexity and heavier workloads, but still need to respond more quickly, and do it right the first time. "SAN Architect addresses these specific issues by putting the results of EMC`s years of interoperability testing and deep networked storage knowledge at the fingertips of every SAN designer."
The template-driven SAN Architect is particularly suited for customers with rapidly changing SAN environments; planned multiple server, switch, or array roll-outs and consolidations; or who simply need to validate changes or implementation plans without interrupting production systems.
Using SAN Architect, storage administrators can easily determine which changes can and should be made, then affect them with confidence using EMC SAN Manager software`s active control capabilities.
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