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TCOnow! for Windows Integration and Storage Consolidation

Data Storage: "Please Sir, I want some more. . ."
Think back to the astonishment Oliver Twist created when he uttered the almost unimaginable request, "Please Sir, I want some more." Fast forward to today, where Storage and Server Managers are chanting the same request, and the growth in data storage costs has left corporate budget-makers as speechless as Oliver Twist's request did in the days of Charles Dickens.

Now, unlike Oliver Twist, where even gruel was a rare commodity, storage, is cheap. So, what is the problem? Certainly storage -- and the servers and software to manage it -- are relatively inexpensive, but the same is not true of the associated staffing costs and additional infrastructure investment required. Companies face a choice: either continue to live on lots of poor quality nutrition, i.e., lots of servers, or switch to a healthier server diet, in the form of a more balanced infrastructure.

New TCO Analysis Tool for Storage Consolidation
CIOview is pleased to announce a new member of its TCOnow! family of products designed explicitly to address these issues. TCOnow! for Windows Integration and Storage Consolidation allows you to compare the economics of choosing one storage platform against a competing one and seeing how different assumptions will influence the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Using TCOnow!, you quickly can see the TCO implications of using a Storage Area Network (SAN) and the financial impact that clustering storage servers would have on storage TCO. For the first time, storage managers have a simple, comprehensive way to test the different possible storage scenarios and see which one has:

	Key Considerations The following are key considerations in your storage consolidation planning: Level of RAID selected Hours of operation (e.g., 9 - 5, 24x7) Effect of a server failure (loss of performance or loss of application) Deploying a cluster Implementing a Storage Area Network (SAN) Sizing for current and future needs

• The lowest TCO
• The highest level of availability
• The lowest staffing requirements
• The fewest number of servers
• The lowest support and maintenance costs
• The smallest ongoing costs
• The lowest initial cost

Benefits Depend upon Workload
Depending on your workload (e.g., file and print, firewall, etc.) and the storage configuration you select, the benefits of a storage consolidation program could include:

• Improved processor(s) utilization rate due to separation of storage from Windows servers
• Better use of existing resources (RAM, disk arms, disk space)
• Separation of test environment from physical server, reducing number of test and development boxes needed
• Need for fewer disk arms, especially in case of RAID
• Elimination of the cost of a SAN
• Elimination of the cost of Windows
• A reduction in the need for server management staff
• A lower demand on rights administration staff
• Storage management staff spending less time on routine tasks
• Fewer trips to off-site locations (productivity)
• Less physical space required (rent, power)
• Fewer unscheduled outages
• Fewer scheduled outages

In the end, the age-old storage adage actually may change from "Please Sir, I want some more" to "We can do more with less."

Free PreView of TCOnow! for Windows Integration and Storage Consolidation

CIOview has an online PreView of its new Storage Consolidation TCO tool. You can try it now, just click here. Remember, PreView is just a small sample of the insightful advantage you get from the full product.

	Join us for a complementary Web seminar: Doing More with Less: Cost Implications of Storage Consolidation Thursday, December 12, 2002 10:00 a.m. EST; 7:00 a.m. PT To register send your name, company, phone and e-mail to info@cioview.com. Space is limited.

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