For more information on Storage Manager visit, http://www.solarwinds.com/storage-manager.aspx In today’s dynamic data centers there is no shortage of challenges for IT managers. Storage area networks and data center management are becoming more important as data storage requirements increase. Physical servers need constant attention to ensure availability of, hardware components must be watched for signs of failure, virtual servers need to be tracked, and new servers are needed for various reasons each day it seems. Join SolarWinds Head Geek, Josh Stephens, and Storage Product Manager, Brian Radovich, for a sneak peek of SolarWinds new Storage Management technologies including Storage and Virtual Profiler. You’ll learn how to ensure business continuity, increase operational efficiency, and reduce storage-related costs. And, they will show you how to: • Reclaim unused, abandoned, and over-allocated storage • Optimize performance across storage, applications, and servers • Perform comprehensive file analysis (host, path, owner, size, age) to show how space is being used • Trend and forecast needs with historical data for capacity planning • Manage virtualized servers, control VM sprawl, and increase VM density without impacting performance

2. A big “Howdy” from SolarWinds® based in Austin, Texas Josh Stephens - Head Geek, Monster Blogger, and Constant Tweeter Brian Radovich – Senior Product Manager Today’s Topic: Managing Storage and Virtualized Infrastructures Who is SolarWinds? What we do… Who are our customers? The SolarWinds community… Introduction

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5. How do you win the free stuff?

6. How do you ask questions?

8. How storage performance affects everything

9. Challenges of managing storage

10. Key storage metrics

11. Trivia questions

12. Today’s virtual infrastructure

13. Virtualization monitoring must have’s

14. SolarWindsDemonstration

16. Storage is now a key part of your infrastructure

17. Different types of storage

18. Built-in

19. Locally attached arrays

21. Virtual server technologies rely almost completely on network storage

23. Most companies don’t only buy storage from one vendor

24. There are no well deployed standards for storage management

26. SCP Question #1 The first 5 correct answers get a free SolarWinds t-shirt Which host statistic typically predicts the need for additional virtualization hosts? A. CPU utilization B. interface utilization C. CPU temperature D. power consumption

28. Performance Ranking and Trending

29. Identifying unused storage

31. Support storage devices from several vendors

32. Provide monitoring via SNMP, SMIS, and APIs

34. Mobility of virtual servers causes unique network management challenges

36. Virtual switches connect them

37. Virtual storage supplies them

39. Consider replacing built-in virtual appliances with best in class – i.e. Cisco Nexus 1000v

41. Capacity Usage Summary

42. Identifying Over and Under utilized capacity

44. SCP Question #2 The first 5 correct answers get a free SolarWinds t-shirt Which three factors should a network engineer consider when determining data storage sizing requirements for a network management system (NMS) like Orion NPM? (Choose three.) A. data retention requirements B. data granularity requirements C. data integrity requirements D. data collection requirements E. data transport requirements

45. - Slide 18 - SolarWinds Orion Demonstration

46. Summary and Q&A Thank you for attending! To learn more or to download free 30-day trials of SolarWinds products visit: www.SolarWinds.com Contact information Josh Stephens, Head Geek headgeek@solarwinds.com twitter: sw_headgeek Blog: http://geekblog.solarwinds.com/default.aspx p.s. Remember to renew your maintenance!!!