SYSDBA announces release of CiRBA 6.0

SYSDBA, a leading provider of visionary IT services and solutions in southern Africa and a CiRBA Powered Service Provider, announces the release and availability of the latest iteration of CiRBA's efficiency management platform for cloud and virtualised infrastructure, CiRBA 6.0.

CiRBA is a unique tool for the analysis of the entire data centre environment, providing detailed and reliable information in a single tool to enable users to understand the 'what ifs' involved with consolidating the data centre as well as analyses of efficiency and reports to better manage the environment.

The latest version offers an enterprise solution for efficiency management that includes cross-platform analytics and customisable, role-based dashboards for increased visibility and control over the efficiency and risk of systems.

“These role-based dashboards are the basis of sound, informed decision-making as they deliver the right information to the right people, at the right time and in the format they need. Regular measurement and reporting ensures that the data centre is not over provisioned and that all of the elements are in place for effective backup and recovery, decreasing risk and enabling correct balancing of capacity,” says Richard Trickey, CTO of SYSDBA.

Capacity management has become increasingly important as the amount of data that requires storage has continued to increase year on year. Added to this is the complexity of managing all of the other resources, from the CPU to memory, disks and so on. CiRBA allows users to build rules that can be applied to intelligently manage workloads and any spare capacity can be directed where it is needed. This enables existing resources to be optimally utilised, so money is not wasted buying excess storage when it is not needed.

“With the rise of cloud computing, the dynamics of infrastructure management have changed, and when things go wrong they can have a devastating knock-on effect to other environments. Consolidation of the data centre environment translates into consolidated risk, which means that these risks have a far greater impact than previously and need to be managed correctly,” says Chris Bamber, MD of SYSDBA. “Using CiRBA 6.0 and its powerful analysis and reporting functionality ensures that the consolidated data environment is highly available and secure, so that costly problems such as over-provisioning, performance issues and downtime as a result of poor quality analysis can be avoided.”

CiRBA 6.0 has been designed specifically with this changing dynamic in mind and supports the increased use of virtualisation and cloud-based business models, enabling organisations to make faster decisions in an ever-changing environment and have access to reliable, accurate information. The new dashboards and enhanced reporting give role-based views of both efficiency and risk and accurate, actionable answers to issues for greater automation of the decision-making process for reduced risk.

“Having been involved in large data centres since our inception in 1996 we are well positioned to help users in southern Africa benefit from the CiRBA 6.0 offering. We have a sound understanding of the challenges large customers have with managing and deploying new solutions into data centres, and a strong focus on finding innovative ways to solve problems,” Bamber adds.

“We have also invested significant time and resources into ensuring our people understand and can deliver on our solutions, including the new offering from CiRBA. Our skills base is solid and we have the ability and knowledge to not simply implement solutions but also to add substantial value to our customers,” he concludes.

CiRBA 6.0 is available now from SYSDBA.