ID Number: G00171508



Are You Spending Enough on Storage Management?
16 October 2009
 
Valdis Filks  

Vendor revenue shows that organizations are spending more money on managing servers and network resources than on storage. To manage storage infrastructure costs effectively, an increased investment in management tools is required.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 The Benefits of Storage Management
3.0
    
 The Evolution and Divergence of Management Tools and Maintenance Utilities
4.0
    
 Management Tools and How They're Classified

4.1
    
 Storage Management Software
4.2
    
 Server Management Software
4.3
    
 Network Management Software
4.4
    
 Comparative Management Versus Hardware Revenue Spending
5.0
    
 How to Verify Your Server, Storage and Network Management Investment
6.0
    
 How to Compare Storage, Server and Network Management Capabilities
7.0
    
 Why Are Investments in SRM Less Than Server and Network Management?
8.0
    
 The Problem With In-House-Developed SRM Tools
9.0
    
 The Future of Storage Management and SRM Tools

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Management Software and Hardware Revenue for Storage, Server and Network Segments
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Relative Absolute Server, Storage and Network Vendor Revenue
 

Figure 2. 
 Proportional Management Software Spending Compared to Hardware Spending
 



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