BrightStor^TM Storage Resource Manager
30-day Managed Service Pilot

The BrightStor^TM SRM Managed Service Pilot delivers concrete proof and ROI justification in how Storage Resource Manager will help you plan more effectively, lower administrative costs and reduce training time in forecasting and managing critical data storage resources.

With the explosive growth of data that must be available around the clock and the escalation of storage management costs, removing the guesswork from capacity planning by trending historical information and forecasting future needs is critical.

This Managed Service offering provides a turnkey installation in your environment for 30-days, including installation, testing, custom report generation, knowledge transfer and Return-on-Investment summary analysis, detailing how the SRM application allows you to confidently analyze your current storage utilization rates and accurately forecast future needs.

Requirements:

• Access to Systems and Storage Administration staff and target servers
• Planning Meeting, Mid-point Progress Review and ROI Summary Meeting
  

Results:

• Installation and configuration of SRM Management Console on a Windows NT/2000 server
  
• Installation and configuration of up to 10 SRM O/S agents on Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX, Linux or Netware
  
• Installation and configuration of up to 3 SRM Application agents on Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, ARCserve, Enterprise Backup, Alexandria, Tivoli Storage Manager or Veritas Volume Manager
  
• Knowledge Transfer for two System Administrators
  
• Scheduling of up to 5 weekly reports, such as:
  
  • Top Ten Users
    
  • Duplicate Files on Specified Volumes
    
  • Files that haven't been opened in "x" days
    
  • File types report (such as MP3, JPG, GIF, XLS, DOC, etc.)
    
  • Utilization analysis and growth trends report
    
• ROI summary

Service Fee:

• $9750.00
  

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