Automated Provisioning
• Designed to:
– Automate time-consuming provisioning process
– Reduce complexity
– Support SLAs by guaranteeing uptime and QoS
• Capabilities:
– Define QoS levels and policies
– Monitor storage utilization
– Automate LUN assignment
– Automate data path creation
– Provide workflow management
Automated storage provisioning is one of the key capabilities provided by SRM
applications, and is one of the basic building blocks of an effective ILM
solution. Provisioning storage means configuring multiple SAN devices,
operating systems, and applications—all of which are from different vendors
and have different interfaces. Automated provisioning applications are
designed to:
Automate the provisioning process, which can be very time-consuming
because it involves many tasks, and potentially as many people
Reduce the complexity of the provisioning process
get it done faster and more reliably
Ensure support of service level agreements (SLAs) by guaranteeing
uptime and QoS