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server-attached disks, you can use diskless blade servers, thus reducing hardware acquisition
costs, power, cooling, real estate, and cabling costs.
Using Compellent Server Instant Replay can reduce the space needed to store multiple
copies of the same OS boot volume on the SAN. If an OS boot volume for each server is
stored on the SAN, it will consume storage space. However, Server Instant Replay can use
the same image, with some adjustments to the name and IP address, so that the same image
can be used over and over.
You can learn more about Compellent, its products, and technologies at www.compellent
.com, or by following Link 12-3.

Incipient
Another SAN management platform is offered by Incipient. Incipient’s solution is two
enterprise-class software products managed by a common administrative console called
Incipient Storage Administrator (iSA). The two products are Incipient Automated Data
Migration (iADM) software and Incipient Network Storage Platform (iNSP) software.
Incipient Automated Data Migration (iADM) Software
iADM is targeted at customers who need to move their data with very little planning. Data
migration includes:

• Datacenter moves
• Storage array refreshes
• Application tiering
• Storage resource balancing

iADM boasts an intelligent automation of end-to-end migration processes, and it supports
heterogeneous SAN environments as well as various storage vendors (including 3PAR, EMC,
IBM, and Sun).
Further, the software can run on off-the-shelf servers and is designed to automate
end-to-end workflow and provisioning tasks that occur with migration projects. iADM also
allows you to perform datacenter moves with reduced downtime, as well as to perform all
tasks from a single console.

Incipient Network Storage Platform (iNSP) Software
The iNSP platform is targeted at customers who have ongoing data mobility needs, but
can’t have any downtime. iNSP combines storage virtualization tools with powerful PART V
management tools, which allows customers to move data across the SAN with no
downtime.
iNSP is located on a director-class SAN switch and provides a suite of network-based
storage services that can be deployed SAN-wide or across heterogeneous storage arrays.
These services provide:

• Nondisruptive data migration
• Network volume management
• Storage provisioning
• Point-in-time copy