Cisco UCS Manager, Arcserve Backup, AWS Storage Gateway, NetApp ONTAP System Manager (formerly OnCommand System Manager), SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM), IBM Storage Insights, Cyberduck, IBM Spectrum Control, IBM Spectrum Virtualize, and IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift.
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Cisco UCS Manager supports the entire Cisco UCS server and Cisco HyperFlex Series hyperconverged infrastructure portfolios. It enables server, fabric, and storage provisioning as well as, device discovery, inventory, configuration, diagnostics, monitoring, fault detection, auditing,…
IBM Storage Insights is a storage management application designed to support capacity planning, increase storage utilization, and provide performance monitoring.
Arcserve Backup is a storage management solution from Arcserve, formerly of CA Technologies before Arcserve's divestiture (July 2014). It utilizes magnetic tape storage backup as part of its storage management offering.
AWS Storage Gateway hybrid cloud storage connects on-premise resources to the AWS Cloud and integrates with AWS storage and archiving services to create a backup and recovery solution.
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor is a data center performance monitoring solution from Austin-based company SolarWinds. It features a unified data storage management system with end-to-end monitoring and automatic capacity forecasting.
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed, reliable, and scalable file storage that is accessible over the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. It is built on Windows Server, delivering a wide range of administrative features such as user quotas,…
Panzura is a cloud backup solution from the company of the same name in Campbell, California.
Micro Focus Storage Manager (based on the former HP Storage Essentials) is a storage management offering.
IBM Spectrum Control supports a wide range of storage systems, software-defined storage and storage area networks (SAN) devices with monitoring, and provides a central console to manage storage infrastructure.
NetApp ONTAP System Manager (formerly under the OnCommand brand) is a data storage management offering.
Paragon Software headquartered in Irvine offers Paragon Hard Disk Manager, a storage management solution for physical and virtual drives, and disaster recovery framework solution for businesses of all sizes.
IntelliMagic Vision's AI-driven analytics platform analyzes the performance health of multi-vendor SAN components on a daily basis and translates the outcome into intuitive dashboards and rated charts. The vendor promises it automatically identifies issues in the making before…
Rocket Servergraph enables users to automate daily backups and get prioritized real-time alerts on server capacity across data environments. The vendor emphasizes Servergraph’s ability to simplify audit and compliance reporting, including customizable reporting by geography, application,…
The Hitachi Command Suite is an open source storage management option, from Hitachi Vantara.
NetApp's Element Software is a storage management application designed to simplify data management at scale for NetApp HCI and SolidFire, scale storage infrastructure and automate storage allocation.
Dell EMC VPLEX aims to maximize the returns on investments in all-flash infrastructure or hybrid arrays by providing continuous availability to business-critical workloads. VPLEX also creates a flexible storage architecture designed to gives IT teams the agility they need to respond…
IBM Spectrum Virtualize supports provides data storage security and control across hybrid environments.
IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform provides the infrastructure foundation and storage orchestration for a full-platform on-premises hybrid multicloud environment that supports CSI. IBM now supports CSI for its block and file storage families so you can improve container…
Netvault Backup is backup and recovery software from Dell, based on technology obtained via that company's acquisition of BakBone Software in 2011.
The combination of enterprise-grade tools and data services make StoneFly SCVM capable of facilitating numerous use-cases and scenarios, promises the vendor. Users can configure file storage, development and test environments, archive storage, and back up storage repositories with…
Hitachi Vantara offers the Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) as a virtualization management solution.
NEC offers HYDRAlock supporting data storage management with compliance modes of write-once, read many (WORM) administration.
Storage Management Software (sometimes Data Storage Management Software) gives a unified overview of managed arrays to ease and facilitate control of the individual arrays and the entire data center, private cloud, or the virtualization services for which they're being used. Storage management solutions also help backup storage systems and aid in disaster recovery. As businesses use more storage solutions, a storage management solution becomes necessary for supporting all of them from a single software for visibility and management.
A common use of storage management software is to optimize storage usage, so less important data, or data that doesn’t need high performance storage can be moved to cheaper storage options. In this way, storage management software options help businesses make their storage solutions more affordable over a long period of time.
Storage Management solutions provide a variety of features, some of the most common are as follows:
Data management
Storage Provisioning
Storage Solution backup
Storage Solution Visibility
Virtualization and replication
When purchasing a storage management software, you should consider the following aspects of each option:
Supported Storage Systems: Some storage management software options are built to support vendor specific storage tools. If all of your storage solutions are provided by one vendor, you should see if that vendor also offers a storage management solution. In contrast, if your storage architecture is highly varied, be sure to select a tool that can support your architecture.
Analytics features: Many storage management software options provide visibility into your storage solutions and analytics on their performance, while others focus more exclusively on storage optimization. If your business values analytics and visibility, be sure to choose a storage management software that provides sophisticated analytics options.
Virtualization options: Most storage management tools offer support for virtual drives, but many are specialized in that area. If your business virtualizes a large amount of storage, you should choose a storage management software that specializes in virtual drives.
Storage management software pricing is highly dependent on what features are included in the product. Additionally, many storage management tools are included in larger suites of products that either provide storage, or support monitoring systems. Despite this variance, businesses should expect to pay at least $300 per year for a storage management tool.
Some of the highest rated storage management software options are as follows:
