Item: IntelliMagic Vision for SAN
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Intellimagic Vision for SAN is an excellent tool for our company as it tracks key IT metrics such as storage pool levels, read/write throughput, I/O Rate, etc., for our various vendor storage systems. Over time we are able to determine usage and growth.

Pros and Cons

gathers and provides detailed metrics when experiencing storage related problems
excellent reporting tool for SAN and storage
supports multiple vendors

I have not come across any

Most Important Features

Supports multiple vendors
Provides historical information
Reporting at the granular level

Return on Investment

Dashboards containing specific system monitoring
Support for multiple vendor storage systems
the system is very reliable and upgrades are a breeze

Alternatives Considered

IBM Storage Insights

Intellimagic provides granular data information, where as IBM Storage Insights does not.

Key Insights

Do you think IntelliMagic Vision for SAN delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IntelliMagic Vision for SAN's feature set?

Yes

Did IntelliMagic Vision for SAN live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of IntelliMagic Vision for SAN go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IntelliMagic Vision for SAN again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Arcserve Backup, Veeam Backup & Replication, NetApp Active IQ

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

IntelliMagic shines

Overall Satisfaction with IntelliMagic Vision for SAN