Storage networking specialist iWave Software has launched an automation product that allows line-of-business users to provision, extend and reclaim enterprise storage without having to bother the IT department.
News of this nature is being welcomed more and more as a breath of fresh air in many enterprises, because business people can do more on their own while allowing IT admins to focus more on efficiencies and not have to deal with the more routine aspects of their jobs.
iWave Storage Automator provides users such as VMware administrators, Linux administrators and Windows users with a catalogue of fully automated storage services accessible through an intuitive, self-service web portal.
Once installed in the ESX server, it automatically gathers all the storage assets in the system, including arrays, switches, hosts and vCenters, and imports it all into the Introspection engine inside the iWave platform, Smith said.
“Then it will go and figure out all the attributes that are associated with all those assets. Once you do that, it’s a simple matter of defining a policy – if it’s different from what we ship out of the box – and associate that with a service, which associates back to a user, and you’re good to go,” Smith said.
Features in iWave v6.5 include:
A free 30-day trial of iWave Storage Automator 6.5 is now available at iWave Software’s website.
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