Storage Resource Management for the Enterprise Server

MAINVIEW® provides users with the most comprehensive systems performance solution that is available for enterprise server environments. MAINVIEW encompasses automated
operations for OS/390 and supports key subsystems such as IMS, CICS, and DB2. Now, the integration of the Storage Resource Manager (SRM) into the MAINVIEW architecture allows customers to include storage in their MAINVIEW management solution.

Storage is possibly the largest contributor to application response time because of the mechanical nature of disk I/O. In addition, and despite declining storage hardware costs, storage expenses have continued to rise. By conservative estimates, management costs
exceed initial acquisition costs by a factor of 3 to 1. Indeed, industry experts are unanimous in their assessment of the dominant role of management costs in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for storage, only differing on the magnitude of the management multiplier.
As a result, storage represents the largest single IT expense. With MAINVIEW Storage Resource Manager (SRM), users can manage storage expenses more effectively while ensuring optimum storage performance.

MAINVIEW customers can increase the productivity of their IT staff by implementing MAINVIEW SRM. The integrated architecture and common facilities of the MAINVIEW products maximize staff efficiencies across the board, from installation, customization,
and maintenance to daily operational use. With dramatically increasing storage capacity and the continuing decline in technical staff, MAINVIEW SRM is an essential part of enterprise server management.