CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

The Need for Storage Capacity Management

Traditional Storage Capacity Management Methods

SURE Storage Capacity Management

STORAGE HORIZON

SURE Storage Capacity Management Using Storage Horizon

Storage Horizon — a Sure ROI

For IT Management

For Storage Teams

HOW STORAGE HORIZON DELIVERS SURE STORAGE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT

Collect Storage Data, without Agents

Correlate Storage Supply with Demand

Storage Usage Versus Allocation

Baseline the Storage Environment

The Hosts and Applications View

The Filer View

The Storage Array View

Organize Storage Elements using Grouping

Forecast Future Storage Needs

Time Series Analysis Forecasts

Freehand Forecasts

Mapping Usage Forecasts to Storage Arrays

Analyze and Report on the Environment

Out-of-the-Box Reports

Custom Reports

Sharing the Results

Plan for Future Capacity

Enterprise-Wide Monitoring—The Dashboard

COMPLEMENTING YOUR EXISTING MANAGEMENT TOOLS

CONCLUSION

ABOUT QUEST SOFTWARE, INC.

Contacting Quest Software

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