| Developers: | NetApp |
| Last Release Date: | 2016/09/12 |
| Technology: | DWH |
NetApp SANtricity Storage Manager is a system performance and system effectiveness of data storage helping administrators of DWH to raise at the expense of a flexible configuration and opportunities of optimization of settings of performance.
Description
The Netapp SANtricity Storage Manager system provides administration online, enhanced capabilities of protection and diagnostics provide permanent readiness of data and security of DWH.
Software of SANtricity:
- simplifies management of DWH thanks to a user-friendly intuitive interface and setup wizards and installations;
- provides reliability degree, highest in the industry, thanks to opportunities of automation, setup online, to the latest RAID technologies, pro-active monitoring and the AutoSupport functions;
- includes expanded functions of data protection using remote mirroring based on FC and IP, dynamic disk pools (DDP), creation of advanced copies of Snapshot and enciphering of inactive data, Data Assurance for ensuring integrity of data and ample diagnostic opportunities.
| Characteristics | Product | Description |
| Management | Administration of DWH | Software for management of DWH of SANtricity provides management of DWH of E-Series and its graphical representation, differs in the simple interface in use for setup and current transactions. |
| Window of management Enterprise Management Window (EMW) | In the EMW window the complex overview of all DWH E-Series making the domain of management is given. Administrators can add and delete a host computers and storage systems from the EMW window, to conduct monitoring of operability of DWH and to make reports on its status, to create the warning notifications, to start scenarios of accomplishment of tasks of package management, to start the corresponding window of management Array Management Window for accomplishment of detailed settings and transactions of management in the selected DWH. | |
| Window of management Array Management Window (AMW) | Management of each DWH is separately executed of the special Array Management Window window. The AMW window is used for creation and change of configurations of volumes (including such attributes as the size, the name, priority of modifications, cache settings and the size of a segment), determinations a host computers and a host groups, granting a host computers and a host groups of access to the volume sets (called by sections of DWH), monitoring of operability of components of a system, viewing the event log and a profile of DWH, purpose of spare disks and monitoring of performance of DWH. | |
| Automatic Tiering | The Intelligent Cache Tiering technology (separation of levels of storage using intellectual caching) on the basis of the SSD Cache function increases performance level and reduces waiting time of applications due to use of opportunities of solid state drives for storage of the most often used data. The SSD Cache technology many times over simplifies management of DWH as caching is executed in real time depending on interrogation rate. Users should not configure difficult politicians for data transfer between levels. The SSD Cache technology accelerates data access due to use of caching of the solid state drives located in disk trays and allows expansion to 5 TB on each DWH. | |
| High readiness of data | Protection of input-output channels | Function of protection of input-output channels assumes a possibility of distribution of loadings and multichannel access for abnormal switching of channels in case of failure in connection time, failure of HBA or the server. |
| Administration online | All tasks of management can be carried out without shutdown of DWH and with preserving of full access to data for reading/record. Thus system administrators have an opportunity to reconfigure DWH, to execute its service (including updating of microprogram providing) or to expand disk space for data storage, without interrupting process of data exchange about a host computers. | |
| Disaster recovery — Remote mirroring of volumes | Software for synchronous and asynchronous replication, giving an opportunity of fast, effective and flexible disaster recovery of these applications, important for business. | |
| Data protection | RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10 levels | Thanks to several SANtricity software RAID levels provides the flexibility necessary for compliance to different requirements to performance and disk space of DWH and also to the different service levels. |
| Dynamic Disk Pools | The technology of DDP (dynamic disk pools) allows to execute dynamic redistribution of disk space at change of number of disks in a bullet. DDP provides additional data protection due to their accelerated recovery in case of failure of a disk. This technology provides stable performance in case of refusal of a disk that increases reliability and readiness of DWH. | |
| Proactive Drive Health Monitoring function | Function of monitoring of operability of the disk Proactive Drive Health Monitoring checks all input-output operations executed on a disk and analyzes the received data on quantity of errors and emergencies and also on decline in production of a disk that often confirms not revealed internal malfunctions on a disk. When exceeding the legal number of errors (signaling about possible failure of a disk) or decline in production of software of SANtricity, using technology of the predictive analysis of failures, sends the corresponding notifications about critical situation and takes necessary measures for data protection. | |
| Scanning of the environment in the background | Function of scanning of the environment in the background allows to check beforehand disks for existence of defects and to correct them before there are malfunctions. Correction means rewriting of sectors which could be incorrectly written redistribution of data from bad sectors and also detection and correction of contradictions of parity. | |
| Logical copying — NetApp Snapshot™ software | Software of Snapshot allows to create instant pictures, or logical copies, volumes of DWH, giving to auxiliary servers an opportunity to get access to the suspended version of working data for the most different needs, including backup, testing or application development, information analysis, search and data collection. | |
| Copying of volume | Function of copying of volume (Volume Copy) allows to create the complete physical copy (clone) of volume in DWH. The volume clone is a unique object which can be assigned to any a host computer and is used by applications which need the complete instant copy of working data (for example, backup, testing or application development, information analysis, search and data collection), without decline in production of working volume. | |
| Elimination of problems | Recovery Guru function | The Recovery Guru function helps to reveal and remove the malfunction causes, and then to define necessary procedures for the fastest recovery of working activities. Recovery Guru displays detailed information on a specific malfunction and provides the list of actions which should be undertaken for recovery of transactions. |
| Characteristics | Product | Description |
| Data protection | Service of enciphering SafeStore Encryption Services | 128-bit enciphering of AES and the simplified key management of protection provide data protection for all lifecycle without prejudice to system performance. |
2016: NetApp SANtricity Storage Manager v.11.3
On September 12, 2016 NetApp announced release of version 11.3 of the software of SANtricity. By software it is focused on use in DWH of E-Series.
Screenshot of the software window, (2016)
 | Constantly growing interest of business in applications for the third platform is integrated to emergence of new problems. NetApp offers users highly productive and at the same time the available solutions allowing to use the available data for improving competitiveness at the same time holding at a low level costs for their storage. Ashish Nadkarni, the director of programs in the field of corporate servers and data storage of IDC company |  |
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