Navisphere
EMC Navisphere Management Suite helps administrators manage their EMC arrays in a quick painless manner anytime from anywhere in the world. The web based solution unifies other EMC applications such as MirrorView and SnapView. It uses a familiar Windows style interface that can easily be picked up by almost anyone. Since Navisphere is browser based, you can access it from anywhere in the world without any special networking features. It uses Secure Socket Layer technology and user accounts to help protect your data.
Navisphere greatly simplifies provisioning by using MetalLUN and virtual LUN capabilities. MetalLUNs are groups of LUNs which can span multiple arrays. If you need to allocate 500gb but only have 250gb available on a single RAID group, you can build a MetalLUN by extending the first LUN with the second one on another RAID group to fulfill the 500gb requirement. On the other hand, virtual LUN technology enables movement of volumes on your storage arrays without disrupting applications.
Benefits
- Easy to use interface
- Simplifies allocation and provisioning
- Allows administration of storage from anywhere in the world
- Manages EMC applications such as MirrorView and SnapView/li>