IBM Spectrum Virtualize vs. IntelliMagic Vision for SAN

Saves hours of staff time copying data from one Disk Array/Block Storage to newer system without impacting the servers that are using the SAN. We have virtualized storage like VMware/HyperVee virtualizes servers. Takes the complications out of being a SAN administrator.

Incentivized

One of our SAN switches was experiencing high utilization and we were able to determine which slot and port on the switch was the problem using Intellimagic's reporting feature showing the top x utilization ports. IntelliMagic Vision for SAN reporting provided granular level data making it easy to work on the problem at hand.

Incentivized

• Virtualizes all your Block Storage
• Works on Fibre Channel or iSCSI
• Saves time, engineering and money for overtime of just watching data copy

Incentivized

• Performance metrics for multiple vendors and equipment models
• Stability and reliability of the system
• Ease of report creation

• Costly but worth every dime in staff hours saved
• Each generation has its limits on Fibre Channel speed it supports and one must upgrade the nodes to get to higher speeds
• User Interface is now light speed ahead of where it started.

Incentivized

• I have not come across any

Incentivized

IBM Spectrum Protect Virtualize beats ALL competition hands down, and one does not need to deal with the complications that are put into some of the Disk Array/ block Storage systems. Excellent Storage management and can see performance of your SAN that goes thru it easily.

Incentivized

Broadcom SANnav is being used as well but it has a different scope of features

• Positive ROI and saves labor costs of engineers
• Fast to implement
• Worth the cost !!

Incentivized

• Eliminated multiple reporting sources and consolidated to one