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IBM Spectrum Control
Monitoring, automation and analytics for data and
storage infrastructure optimization
Highlights
●● ● ● (^) Improve application performance and reduce storage costs with integrated stor- age monitoring, automation and analytics ●● ● ● (^) Consolidate file, object, flash, block and software-defined storage management with one console ●● ● ● (^) Choose from on-premises and cloud-based solutions with a range of licensing plans ●● ● ● (^) Streamline performance troubleshooting and problem resolution ●● ● ● (^) Improve consistency and control for storage operations
IBM® Spectrum Control™ is a comprehensive solution that can signifi- cantly improve monitoring, automation and analytics capabilities in multi-vendor storage environments. IBM Spectrum Control helps manage storage systems, software-defined storage, storage-area network (SAN) fabrics and devices. Storage can be seen from multiple perspec- tives, including departmental, application and server views. IBM Spectrum Control helps simplify provisioning, tier optimization, performance management and data replication processes.
The mission: Simplify data and storage
management
While storage environments continue to grow in capacity and complexity, many organizations are scaling back on dedicated storage experts. It is, therefore, imperative that storage become easier to manage by IT admin- istrators who may also be responsible for servers, networks and applications.
Organizations tend to acquire collections of multi-vendor storage sys- tems, due to application requirements, multiple buyers, mergers, staff turnover and other factors. Adoption of cloud and software-defined stor- age creates more to manage. Each brand of storage system has its own administration interface, which can increase complexity and opportunities for error.
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In addition, user expectations are increasing. Businesses collect, store, process and use more information than ever before. At the same time, there is low tolerance for downtime, unpredict- able performance or provisioning delays. To satisfy these increased demands, organizations need more comprehensive monitoring, automation and analytics capabilities—so they can proactively resolve issues before users are impacted.
The solution: IBM Spectrum Control
IBM Spectrum Control is a comprehensive, end-to-end data and storage management solution that monitors, automates and analyzes multi-vendor storage environments.
IBM Spectrum Control provides a single point of control that helps administrators manage every aspect of the storage infrastructure—between the hosts, through the fabric, and down to the physical disks—across multi-site storage environments. IBM Spectrum Control helps consolidate management of file, object, flash, block, server-based and software-defined storage.
In fact, IBM Spectrum Control helps you see storage as others see it—with application, departmental and server views of stor- age. IBM storage administrators can use IBM Spectrum Control for their everyday tasks, leveraging a consistent dash- board for managing the broader storage environment.
IBM Spectrum Control enables you to manage storage your way. Optimized interfaces are included for storage specialists, VMware vCenter users, and remote management using inter- faces such as OpenStack, REST, IBM Tivoli® Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) TPC Sensor and IBM Cloud Orchestrator.
IBM Spectrum Control is available as an easy-to-deploy cloud service^1 or as on-premises software with agent-based and agent- less monitoring. A range of licensing plan options are available to fit environments of all sizes.
IBM Spectrum Control features a fully-integrated, web-based user interface.
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Device performance
IBM Spectrum Control helps monitor and manage performance and measure service levels by storing received performance statistics into database tables for future use. Administrators can set performance thresholds for devices based on selected performance metrics, generating alerts when those thresholds are exceeded. These capabilities help the solution simplify the complex monitoring of multiple SAN-attached storage devices.
IBM Spectrum Control device management capabilities include:
●● ● (^) Proactive performance management from a single, integrated console for monitoring storage devices ●● ● (^) Monitors key metrics, such as I/O rates and cache utilization ●● ● (^) Preserves historical performance statistics for service-level analysis and report generation ●● ● (^) Generation of timely alerts that enable event action by setting performance thresholds based on business policies
SAN fabric management
IBM Spectrum Control supports multi-vendor SAN monitor- ing and alert management. IBM Spectrum Control diagnostic capabilities show which resources are impacted by an availabil- ity or performance issue in the SAN.
IBM Spectrum Control SAN fabric monitoring capabilities include:
●● ● (^) Multiple SAN views, including physical, logical and zone ●● ● (^) Diagnostic capabilities that pinpoint resources impacted by an availability or performance issue ●● ● (^) Performance monitoring at the port and switch level ●● ● (^) Enterprise scalability that enables upgrading from SAN islands to enterprise SANs
Integrated chargeback reporting.
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Automate data and storage
management tasks
IBM Spectrum Control solutions help automate storage provi- sioning and event processing tasks.
Storage provisioning
IBM Spectrum Control includes optimized interfaces for storage specialists, VMware vCenter users, IBM Cloud Orchestrator environments and open application programming interfaces (APIs) such as Storage Management API for Cloud (SMAC). Templates can be set up to simplify and standardize storage provisioning, so users can quickly get the class of stor- age they need to do their jobs.
Event processing
Event processing in IBM Spectrum Control can help adminis- trators identify and resolve storage problems faster. Event processing supports multiple thresholds, severity levels and suppression settings, which can greatly reduce the complexity of managing alerts in large storage environments. Policy-based automation enables automated responses, based on business policies.
Optimize storage with predictive
analytics
IBM Spectrum Control uses predictive analytics to help opti- mize tiered storage, balance workloads within storage tiers and plan capacity requirements.
Tiered storage optimization
IBM Spectrum Control uses predictive analytics to help organi- zations optimize storage cost and performance, without manual tuning. Storage tier recommendations are based on data usage patterns, rather than on initial projections or guesswork. When deployed with IBM Spectrum Virtualize, as in the IBM Virtual Storage Center solution, data volumes can be moved automati- cally between storage pools and managed storage systems. Tier optimization can help large enterprises reduce the total cost of storage by an average of 73 percent over five years.^2
Load balancing
IBM Spectrum Control makes it easy to balance performance within storage tiers. Simply select two or more pools on the same tier in a virtualized storage environment, and click ‘Balance Pools.’ Analytics in IBM Spectrum Control and auto- mation in IBM Spectrum Virtualize work together to complete the task. Complexity and the risk of errors are greatly reduced.
Capacity planning
IBM Spectrum Control uses analytics to predict future capacity needs. Administrators can see, at a glance, when capacity will be needed. Buyers can see how much storage will be needed at a particular future date, so acquisitions can be pooled and aligned with business requirements.
Choose from on-premises and cloud
solutions
IBM Spectrum Control is available in a range of options to fit practically any size environment and budget. For example, IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights is an ISO 27001- certified, cloud-based solution that deploys in minutes and includes predictive analytics.
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IBM data and storage management solutions at a glance: IBM storage software as a service (SaaS) Key capabilities IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights Cloud-based monitoring and analytics for IBM and IBM virtualized storage; subscription license IBM storage software license plan options Key capabilities IBM Spectrum Control Advanced Edition Monitoring, automation, analytics and chargeback for storage environments; tiered capacity license IBM Spectrum Control Advanced Select Edition Monitoring, automation, analytics and chargeback for storage environments; per-enclosure license IBM Spectrum Control Standard Edition Monitoring and automation for storage environments; tiered capacity license IBM Spectrum Control Standard Select Edition Monitoring and automation for storage environments; per-enclosure license IBM Virtual Storage Center Solution bundle includes IBM Spectrum Control Advanced Edition and IBM Spectrum Virtualize; tiered capacity license IBM Virtual Storage Center Entry IBM Virtual Storage Center for sites under 500 TB usable capacity and four I/O groups; capacity license IBM Virtual Storage Center for Storwize Family IBM Virtual Storage Center for IBM Storwize environments; per-enclosure license IBM storage system VMware integration Key capabilities IBM Spectrum Control Base No-cost download; enables VMware APIs for IBM storage systems Supported environments Supported storage systems IBM hybrid and disk storage systems IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize family, VersaStack, IBM XIV, IBM DS8000 family IBM all-flash storage systems IBM FlashSystem, multiple models Multi-brand virtualized SAN storage Nearly 400 storage systems from IBM and others, using IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM Storwize or VersaStack external virtualization File and object storage IBM Cloud Object Storage System (IBM Cleversafe®), NetApp, Storwize V7000 Unified, IBM Spectrum Scale, IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS™), IBM Elastic Storage™ Server Software-defined storage IBM Spectrum Virtualize virtualized SAN storage, IBM Spectrum Scale file and object storage, IBM Spectrum Accelerate server storage
For details, please see the IBM Spectrum Control Interoperability Matrix on the IBM Support Portal.
Why IBM?
IBM Spectrum Control provides monitoring, automation and analytics to help simply and effectively manage complex storage environments. In addition, IBM Spectrum Control helps orga- nizations classify storage, manage storage service levels and reduce storage costs.
For more information
To learn more about IBM Spectrum Control, please contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner, or visit: ibm.com /systems/storage/spectrum/control/
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