Solutions for IT Operations Manager
IT Operations Manager
Everyone understands that demand for server and storage capacity is increasing rapidly, but IT head count isn’t. The trick is figuring out how to optimize current resources, both people and equipment, in a dynamic environment while ensuring near 100% uptime.
But it’s difficult to optimize resources unless a comprehensive measurement system is in place. You can’t optimize what you can’t measure. Due to the lack of monitoring and measurement tools and a desire to avoid a major outage, SANs, storage, and servers are generally significantly over-provisioned. Forecasting how much capacity to acquire, and when, is often more art than science. “What if” scenarios are largely guesses, and the vendors aren’t very helpful as they would prefer to keep your organization blindly buying more SAN and server capacity. For example, related to storage arrays, once a LUN has been allocated, it’s hard to reclaim even if it’s not being used or is being vastly underutilized.
Finally, troubleshooting can be a major time-sink, and there’s usually a very high cost for the rip-and-replace troubleshooting method in addition to the opportunity cost of lost staff time. Virtual Instruments can help you dramatically improve the operational efficiency of your department, reduce server and SAN costs, and ensure that applications are up and running at maximum performance.
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