The future of storage management is here. Introducing APTARE StorageConsole 8. It delivers new robust features and harnesses the latest web technologies that will change the way you manage your storage. Increasing efficiencies. Decreasing costs. Here are highlights of what's available in APTARE StorageConsole 8.

New Product! StorageConsole Fabric Manager

With the addition of SAN fabric reporting, APTARE StorageConsole now gives storage administrators a 360° view of their storage: backup, primary storage, virtualization, replication and the storage network (SAN). The new StorageConsole Fabric Manager reporting provides increased visibility of SAN components with topology mapping, superior change management and performance reporting through interactive dashboards that leverage HTML 5.

Improved SAN Visibility

• Visually see all the components comprising the SAN – servers,switches, and storage systems
• Drill down to see exact switch configurations and connectivity
• Trace paths through the SAN to determine current routing

Proactive Change Management

• View how changes to a SAN have been made over specified periods of time
• Perform dependency analysis on proposed changes to a SAN
• Notification through proactive alerting on specific changes to a SAN

Optimize SAN Performance

• View I/O response times, queue depths, throughput and read/write statistics at the port level
• Balance the traffic load across switches/ports in the SAN to ensure consistent performance
• Monitor and alert on ISL performance thresholds

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APTARE StorageConsole Capacity Manager Enhancements

APTARE StorageConsole Capacity Manager provides detailed reporting on SAN/NAS environments. This latest release includes many new enhancements:

• Additional Storage Arrays — HP StorageWorks EVA Arrays
StorageConsole Capacity Manager now adds support for HP EVA storage arrays to its long list of supported storage devices.
• Storage Virtualization — IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
The Chargeback by Host report now reports on VM disks (vmdk files), including the raw LUN mapped to the VM.
• Expanded Server Virtualization — IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIO)
Now you can easily track virtual server storage management in an IBM environment with new support for IBM's VIO.
• Enhanced Application Awareness — Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
APTARE StorageConsole Capacity Manager now reports beyond the files system and shows you the capacity behind Oracle ASM. Versions 10gR1, 10gR2, 11gR1, and 11gR are supported.

APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager Enhancements

APTARE StorageConsole Backup Manager provides detailed reporting on the most popular backup solutions, and is now even has more features.

• Deduplication Support — EMC Avamar
APTARE StorageConsole 8 supports even data protection solutions with the addition of EMC Avamar support. StorageConsole Backup Manager provides detailed reporting for EMC Avamar 4.x and 5.x versions.

APTARE StorageConsole 8 Platform Enhancements

The APTARE StorageConsole 8 Platform features new enhancements:

• Advanced Object Group — Now you can scope reports in APTARE StorageConsole to include additional objects like FC switches, tape libraries, etc.