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Storage Pipeline: Special Report: Ultimate Enterprise Storage: Page 5 of 6

EMC's ControlCenter provides an end-to-end solution for multivendor storage
resource, network and device management. ControlCenter manages the host, SAN and
arrays, regardless of manufacturer, and lets administrators improve performance
and resource utilization, automate provisioning and increase productivity. It
also enables the management of direct-attached, SAN-attached and NAS storage
arrays, providing drill-down views into the subcomponents of supported arrays.
EMC's software is compatible with hardware from Brocade, Hewlett-Packard,
McData, Qlogic and other vendors.

FalconStor's IPStor manages complex storage environments from a single
Java-based console, providing unified storage services regardless of vendor,
connection protocol and disk class. It allows the unification of SAN and NAS
systems under a single storage farm, and lets administrators migrate data
smoothly with little or no downtime.

Of course, no matter how much you invest in hardware and software, the key to
creating an efficient, comprehensive enterprise storage system is thinking it
through from the start to ensure compatibility, manageability and scalability
when your business grows. Do it right from the get-go and you'll be able expand
your SAN while maintaining all the functionality and automation you built in
from the beginning.

Frank Ohlhorst, CNE, is a technology editor at CRN. Write to him at [email protected].

Marc Spiwak is an associate technical editor at CRN. Write to him at
[email protected].