Chapter12

Storage Management

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • Capacity management
  • Chargeback and showback
  • Performance management
  • Alerting
  • Storage Resource Management
  • Management protocols and interfaces

image Storage management is a broad topic that covers all things relating to the management and monitoring of your storage estate. The three major areas of management are capacity, performance, and availability.

On the capacity front, the major objectives are simple: make sure you always have enough capacity to service your applications, and make sure that capacity is utilized in the best way possible. Good capacity management also requires simple and ...

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