Storage management helps the enterprise control the total costs of storage through efficient allocation and utilization. Storage Resource Management (SRM) affects storage management across large, complex, and heterogeneous infrastructures. This research note examines the strengths and challenges of SRM software provider IBM.
Key points of this research note include:
- IBM's place among SRM solution providers.
- A summary of IBM TotalProductivityCenter components.
- IBM's strengths and challenges in the SRM space.
For enterprise SRM IBM offers three integrated management components under the TotalProductivityCenter umbrella. TPC provides a single console for management storage fabrics, disk allocation, and data storage management. IBM is also looking to make its open source Aperi management framework part of TPC.
