SAN HeadQuarters (SAN HQ) provides consolidated performance and robust event monitoring across multiple virtualized EqualLogic SAN groups. It gathers and formats performance data and other vital group information for easy viewing and quick analysis of multiple aspects of group performance. With SAN HQ, you have the ability to centrally monitor alerts, get historical performance reporting, and perform trend analysis for capacity planning and troubleshoot.
SAN HQ version 2.0 introduces several feature enhancements that help storage managers analyze configuration, performance, capacity utilization and connections for one or several groups of EqualLogic arrays. This early identification of potential bottlenecks can provide storage managers with the insight needed to enhance performance, increase efficiency, adjust resources to meet business requirements and plan for future growth.
From a single user interface, SAN HQ lets you:
- Monitor multiple EqualLogic SAN Groups
- Launch the EqualLogic Group Manager management console for any monitored storage group
- Get a consolidated view of alerts
- Perform trend analysis, with SAN HQ’s customizable views according to storage manager-defined timelines
- Manage multiple versions of firmware
SAN HQ helps administrators to:
- Better understand storage performance and capacity usage over time
- More effectively allocate storage resources by identifying underutilized resources
- Quickly be informed of events and potential issues such as latency
SAN HQ gathers and reports data on:
- Capacity
- I/O Performance
- Network Data
- Member Hardware and Configuration
- Volumes Data