Aptare StorageConsole for 3par

APTARE, Inc. supports the HP 3PAR array as part of its StorageConsole Feature Pack Four.

APTARE Capacity Manager enables CIOs and IT administrators to gain visibility into storage capacity and storage utilisation across enterprise organisations. HP 3PAR customers using it can now access array executive summaries, utilisation summaries, array-specific analytics, chargebacks and performance reporting.

Customers benefit:

Chargeback – by department, business unit, or geography (can be based on allocation or actual utilisation)
Reclamation – identify unused capacity and enable it to go back into the unused storage pool to be re-allocated, which reduces future storage purchases
Re-tiering – identify storage that can meet SLAs on a lower storage tier, which reduces the annual cost of owning storage
Trending and forecasting – determine when organisation will run out of storage, or need to purchase more and know how much more storage organisation will need over time based on historical usage

APTARE CEO Rick Clark said: "We’ve found that enterprises rely on HP 3PAR for its high-performance, thin-provisioning capabilities to ensure server volumes aren’t getting low on space. Now as part of the Capacity Manager functionality, customers can achieve enterprise-wide data management and reporting beyond what is included in the HP 3PAR software."

"It’s imperative for enterprises to deploy solutions that provide a realistic view of their storage environment. From primary storage through backup to disk or tape, APTARE’s StorageConsole provides comprehensive end-to-end visibility," said Bob Laliberte, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.

APTARE support of 3PAR relies on the use of the SMI-S interface, and currently supports shipping version 3.1.1 of the 3PAR InForm firmware.

For enterprise organisations that have capacity solutions from multiple vendors through mergers or other processes, APTARE provides a solution with support for vendors including EMC, Dell, IBM, LSI, NetApp, HP, HDS and Oracle Sun.