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iWave Raises The Flag For Storage Automation: Page 5 of 5

  • As an illustration using private storage cloud automation, iWave Storage Director offers a catalog of automated storage services, provides storage consumers with a self-service portal, and provides support capabilities for DBAs and developers, such as help for provisioning an Oracle database.

    Automation is really what IT is all about, although IT users don’t always think through the lens of automation. But although virtually every IT vendor talks about how its products are automated, the actual degree and effectiveness of those automation solutions vary. This is true with storage automation, as well. Now, iWave would probably admit that it doesn’t have all the answers to storage automation, but what it does have is a solid architectural foundation and demonstrated customer successes.

    A couple of fundamental architectural principles can be seen in iWave’s solutions. The first is an end-to-end approach, where end-to-end means that all the hardware and software components of the IT infrastructure that affect storage automation are taken into account. The second is that storage automation is part of an overall workflow and change management process. That is not easy to implement, which is why storage vendors have been working on bits and pieces of the process for years.

    As a result, iWave’s Storage Director can and should serve as a benchmark against which other vendors’ products can be compared. The net result of this process should be that the enterprise will end up knowing what storage automation is, what kind it needs and which products meet those specific requirements.

    At the time of publication, iWave is not a client of David Hill and the Mesabi Group.