SolarWinds has added support for Dell Compellent to its multi-vendor Storage Manager software that includes the management tools included with most storage arrays and the servers, switches, hosts and VM’s they are connected to.

The latest release enables users to launch the Target View for block storage (Fibre Channel or iSCSI LUN) or file storage (NFS) shares, identifying contention on both the virtualisation and storage sides; diagnose issues and help resolve them with more performance metrics for HP EVA, IBM SVC and IBM DS 6/8K storage arrays; alert on more performance metrics on arrays; and see storage and performance trends with configurable charting.

“For most IT departments, operating with just one type of vendor array or platform is not practical. A multi-vendor strategy allows for flexibility to address specific business needs whether it is performance, capacity or cost,” said Sanjay Castelino, SolarWinds' vice-president.

“Storage Manager supports all major vendors, including Dell, EMC, HDS, HP, IBM , LSI, NetApp, Oracle (Sun), Pillar and Xiotech. It is an admin’s single pane of glass into real time physical and virtual storage data, making it easy to report, plan, troubleshoot and drill down into critical views.”

SolarWinds’ Asia Pacific head office is located in Brisbane. Australian distributors are: Fujitsu, Aquion, ASTA, Level 8, Servcorp, Empired, Pepperstorm and Ingram Micro.

Pricing starts at $US2,995 and a 30-day evaluation is available.