OIT should encourage agencies to consider purchasing storage management tools from the group of products recommended according to the process described. OIT and GSD should provide a way for agencies to actively identify their purchase needs in this space and conduct a coordinated buying process to get the best price/value for participating agencies. Group recommendations on transition practice. How soon will the affected agencies be expected to move to the new model (if appropriate). What are the key considerations? Why this transition recommendation? Short description of the next steps related to this recommendation. Appendix A Storage Resource Management Tool Matrix – Symantec NetApp HP Storage Command Criteria Ionix ( 6.1) IBM TPC SANScreen Essentials Central Depends on Terabyte Fiber ports, Fiber ports Array Type Licensed by module capacity capacity AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Windows VMWare, Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2000 Windows Server 2000 Host OS or 2008, , XP, Server 2003 or 2003 Server 2003 or 2003 Windows 7 or 2008, , XP, Windows 7, z\OS Optional. No, but Symantec is No Yes functionality Yes Host agent required? adding is limited functions
OIT should encourage agencies to consider purchasing storage management tools from the group of products recommended according to the process described. OIT and GSD should provide a way for agencies to actively identify their purchase needs in this space and conduct a coordinated buying process to get the best price/value for participating agencies. Group recommendations on transition practice. How soon will the affected agencies be expected to move to the new model (if appropriate). What are the key considerations? Why this transition recommendation? Short description of the next steps related to this recommendation. Appendix A – Storage Resource Management Tool Matrix Criteria NetApp SANScreen Ionix ( 6.1) HP Storage Essentials IBM TPC Symantec Command Central Licensed by Fiber ports Array Type Depends on module Terabyte capacity Fiber ports, capacity Host OS Windows Server 2000 or 2003 Windows Server 2003 or 2008, , XP, Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 AIX, Linux, VMWare, Windows Server 2003 or 2008, , XP, Windows 7, z\OS Solaris, Windows Server 2000 or 2003 Host agent required? No Yes No, but functionality is limited Yes Optional. Symantec is adding functions
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