HighGround Systems (Boxborough, MA 508-263-5588) fills a storage niche with Storage Resource Manager (SRM). It's a Web-based software program that lets you manage all the storage devices on your network or across your enterprise. Hard drives, optical drives, tape drives, CD-ROMs -- even libraries.
SRM automatically creates reports on how individual devices are being used. Find out whose hard drive has the largest files on it and which optical device is neglected most.
Maybe your company isn't storing critical data on the right storage device. You may be storing small files on optical disc for easy access, yet have CDs and a jukebox that aren't being used much. SRM points this out.
The software automatically performs diagnostic tests on all your storage devices. Find out before a crash that you may need a new drive. Preventive care for your storage devices. This software protects the hardware you write data to. The data you bet your business on daily. Provide different levels of detail about the devices. What was accessed last? What kind of data is on these devices? Which computers are being used? How you use data and where it's placed can tell more about you than your horoscope. Think of SRM as an astrological advisor.
This is not HSM software. This is device management software. Software that predicts how much capacity and what type of devices your company needs. It helps avoid downtime. It can find backup windows you didn't know existed. The software is so user friendly you wouldn't think it's a product for MIS administrators. It is. It suits and furnishes the high-level information MIS managers seek. The Web interface makes it easy to bookmark reports generated by SRM for quick access. Dynamic links let you drill down from the broadest areas of device information to the most specific -- like file access dates. The browser lets administrators monitor the entire network from virtually any seat.
HighGround is working with Microsoft on the Windows NT Changer Media Services (NTMS) initiative for the next version of NT. Storage Resource Manager will work with Windows NT. The SRM server costs $4,000. NT agents start at $100. An NT server agent starts at $400. It's a solution that monitors your storage growth. It will grow with you.
