Storage Resource Management
Usage Management
The Goal of Usage Management
Visualization Reporting
Discovery Alerting
Chargeback Planning
Provisioning
In conjunction with storage consolidation, usage management enables a utility
model for storage provisioning:
Customers and business centres can be charged based on usage and
quality of service (QoS)
Historical and trend reports can be provided to assist customers in
capacity, performance, and availability planning
Storage capacity and bandwidth can be provisioned on-demand