Imagine this: It’s a typical Wednesday morning. Your inbox is overflowing with tickets, the phone is ringing off the hook, and the red light on your monitor is flashing another alert about a performance dip in one of your storage arrays. You’re knee-deep in multiple platforms, managing storage volumes, networking, workloads, and all the other myriad parts of your company's hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructure. Does this scenario feel uncomfortably familiar?
If so, you're not alone. This is the life of a storage expert.
This is where Cloud Insights by NetApp comes into play. It's not just another tool; it's a powerful ally designed to streamline your work, provide valuable insights, and help you shine in your role.
Imagine starting your day with a clear, bird's-eye view of your infrastructure. No more tunnel vision or blind spots; instead, you've got a comprehensive picture of your entire environment. That's the kind of visibility Cloud Insights brings to the table.
It monitors storage, compute, containers, and network resources, irrespective of the vendor or whether they're located on-premises or in the cloud.
As the day unfolds, you're tasked with cost optimization. The goal is to identify unused or underutilized resources in your vast, intricate IT environment.
Seems like finding a needle in a haystack, right? Not with Cloud Insights.
Harnessing Data
The first step on this journey is effective data collection. Cloud Insights makes this process seamless, combining it with innovative features like Auto Host Resolution (AHR). AHR goes beyond traditional data gathering to resolve host details, map the relationships between hosts and their connected storage, and compute nodes, building you with a topology and understanding of how your infrastructure is mapped. This deep dive into your infrastructure unveils hosts with no mapped storage, storage that's allocated but not in use paving the way for cost savings.
Visibility and Analysis: The Pathway to Efficiency
Cloud Insights brings the entire infrastructure landscape into view from all vendors. This all-encompassing visibility, coupled with detailed insights, allows for comprehensive analysis. You can easily spot unused storage, over-provisioned resources, and under-utilized hosts. Cloud Insights shines a spotlight on the areas of potential waste, helping you make informed decisions about resource allocation.
Taking Informed Action and Monitoring Progress
With Cloud Insights, the transition from insights to action becomes a breeze. Based on the tool's guidance, you can reconfigure your infrastructure, reallocate storage, or decommission unnecessary hosts or storage. But it doesn't stop at action. Cloud Insights continues to monitor your infrastructure, providing ongoing visibility and tracking changes. This continuous monitoring helps ensure the effectiveness of your actions and identifies further opportunities for improvement.
Reporting: Demonstrating Value and Achievements
Finally, Cloud Insights helps you showcase your team's efforts and achievements. Its robust reporting capabilities track your savings over time, highlighting areas where cost savings have resulted from improved resource allocation and waste reduction. It's a powerful reporting capability that demonstrates the value of your work and makes a case for future investments.
In essence, Cloud Insights is your companion in modern data management.
It turns the complexities of infrastructure management into a streamlined process, empowering you with actionable insights and clear guidance. With Cloud Insights, you can achieve increased operational efficiency, substantial cost savings, and a more strategic approach to infrastructure management.
It's a must-have tool for every storage expert in the digital age.
For more information, check our Cloud Insights page –
https://www.netapp.com/cloud-services/cloud-insights/
