SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) said it has announced an update to its heterogeneous storage performance and capacity management product, SolarWinds Storage Manager, which extends visibility into array performance and capacity with enhanced EMC monitoring, simplifies charting and reporting, and empowers IT pros to customize their monitoring equipment with user-defined
logical unit number grouping.
The new features include an automated sub-LUN (
logical unit number) storage tiering and increased VMware and Microsoft integration to improve efficiency and performance.
Features include support for major backup software, compliance with the Storage Networking Industry Association's extended copy specifications and advanced management capabilities, such as support for
Logical Unit Number zoning and masking.
With server virtualization deployments, many virtual machines and their corresponding applications share a single I/O connection, such as mounting a network-attached storage (NAS) file system or Fibre Channel
logical unit number (FC LUN).
In conjunction with the new drive offerings, the P6000 array also offers
logical unit number (LUN)-level tiering, or the ability to seamlessly, but manually, move data from various drive types based on performance requirements.
With a SAN, there is higher security because SAN uses zoning and
logical unit number (LUN) security.
Once the backbone was in place, New Balance could then install new fiber cabling, implement patch panels for troubleshooting, identify the most efficient use of disk-per-application requirements and determine the best way to provide access to that disk via
logical unit number mapping and masking.
SANs divide the storage up into pieces called logical units, or LUNs (
Logical Unit Number).
The SANPiper solution also includes advanced management capabilities, including support for
logical unit number (LUN) zoning and LUN masking, providing the access control tools required for shared storage environments among multiple heterogeneous hosts.