Designed to combine storage capacity from multiple disk systems into a single reservoir of capacity that can be better managed as a business resource and not as separate boxes
Designed to help increase storage utilization by providing host applications with more flexible access to capacity
Designed to help improve productivity of storage administrators by enabling management of heterogeneous storage systems using a common interface
Designed to support improved application availability by insulating host applications from changes to the physical storage infrastructure
Designed to enable a tiered storage environment in which the cost of storage can be better matched to the value of data
Designed to support advanced copy services from higher- to lower-cost devices and across storage systems from multiple vendors
Building a more flexible and responsive IT infrastructure
In IT today, the only constant is change. Achieving best business results from a complex enterprise-class IT infrastructure means more than simply deploying new solutions; it means redefining IT as a versatile instrument of business strategy, which can change in parallel with changing demands.
Common features
Hardware summary
Combine storage capacity from multiple vendors for centralized management
Increase storage utilization by providing more flexible access to storage assets
Improve administrator productivity by enabling management of pooled storage from a single interface
Insulate host applications from changes to the physical storage infrastructure
Enable a tiered storage environment to match the cost of storage to the value of data
Apply common network-based copy services across storage systems from multiple vendors
Support data migration among storage systems without interruption to applications
