San Sentinel SRM Software Navigator for All Flash Pure Storage Arrays

The integration of Pure Storage, Inc. in Navigator from San Sentinel SAS allows users to face the new challenges caused by the emergence of new technologies in their storage infrastructure.

With this first integration of a flash array, San Sentinel opens the way to incorporate other vendors, especially IBM FlashSystem.

The rise of new technologies and the multiplication of storage vendors complexifies makes more complex current storage infrastructures. San Sentinel helps early adopters of new 100% flash arrays by allowing them to choose the best suited vendor to match their companies needs without worrying about the current vendors in their infrastructure. A single product with a unified interface enables Pure Storage customers to analyze and optimize their multi-vendor infrastructure with old-fashioned SAN and NAS arrays as well as 100% flash arrays.

Navigator manages the complexity of the infrastructure by automating the collection of information and providing, within minute, simple and crucial reports in order to reduce RCA (Root Cause Analysis). Pure Storage arrays are displayed as an additional asset on top of switches, HDS, EMC, Netapp, IBM, HP storage arrays, and VMware VMs

“On top of being the only available product on Pure Storage that enables the monitoring of capacity evolution by application, location or business line, Sentinel Navigator is ideal to demonstrate the benefits by displaying the real cost savings made with compression, de-duplication and Thin provisioning,” says Jéronimo Munoz COO, San Sentinel.

Pure Storage users can detect application at risk based on their criticality level, wherever they are. Navigator will ease the process of taking targeted precautionary measures against potential disasters as well as the follow up of action plans.

Human error is avoided by automating manual tasks and the storage team staff can have the same accurate level of information, thanks to a common repository.

The infrastructure is visible in an agnostic fashion (regardless of the vendor/technology), evolutions are analyzed on frequent basis and users can have weekly or monthly report on the whole infrastructure in order to reduce the related risks.