Storage Resource Management

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Storage Resource Management (SRM)

Data growth averages around 50% to 100% per year. Companies are faced with rising hardware costs and also the increased costs of managing their storage.

Storage professionals who are facing out-of control data growth are looking at SRM to help them navigate the storage environment. SRM identifies underutilized capacity, identifies old or non-critical data that could be moved to less-expensive storage, and helps predict future capacity requirements.

SRM has evolved beyond quota management. It now includes functions such as Storage area network (SAN) management.

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