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What is storage monitoring?

Storage monitoring is the process of tracking and analyzing the performance, availability, and capacity of storage systems in real time. It helps IT teams detect bottlenecks, prevent downtime, and optimize storage resources by providing insights into disk usage, read/write speed, latency, throughput, and potential failures. By proactively monitoring storage health, organizations can enhance data security, improve system performance, and ensure seamless business operations.

Maximize storage reliability and efficiency with proactive monitoring

Ensure seamless storage management with multi-vendor compatibility and proactive monitoring

  • OpManager makes storage monitoring easy with exclusive templates for 30+ vendors along with the flexibility to create your own storage monitoring templates.
  • Get a unified view of all your storage devices and centralized alerts, so you don’t have to jump between multiple tools.
  • Need to make changes across vendors? Push bulk configurations on vendor-diagnostic changes to automate updates, keep things consistent, and cut down manual effort.
Ensure seamless storage management with multi-vendor compatibility and proactive monitoring
Gain complete visibility into storage performance with threshold-based monitoring

Gain complete visibility into storage performance with threshold-based monitoring

  • Stay on top of your storage environment with our multi-level threshold-based monitoring.
  • Set predefined limits for critical storage performance metrics so you’re notified instantly via email, SMS, or tools like ServiceNow and Slack when storage health is at risk.
  • Thanks to OpManager’s Adaptive thresholds, it's AI-driven predictive algorithms adjust limits dynamically, adapting to your growing storage needs.

Automate storage management with AI powered capacity insights

  • OpManager's AI & ML-based forecasting predicts when storage will reach 80%, 90%, or full capacity, helping you plan proactively.
  • Set up automated workflows for L1 troubleshooting: delete unused files, move folders, or clear logs when capacity issues arise.
  • Stay audit-ready with automated reports and schedule email delivery or export in PDF, CSV, or Excel for deeper analysis.
Automate storage management with AI powered capacity insights
One-click cloud storage monitoring for a unified view

One-click cloud storage monitoring for a unified view

  • Get a single view of on-prem, hybrid, and cloud storage environments, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud by integrating with our plugin, Applications Manager.
  • Monitor cloud storage performance by tracking latency, availability, read/write operations, and data transfer in real-time.
  • Integrate with ITSM tools for seamless incident management and faster resolutions.

Monitor storage devices from a unified console- every type, any vendor

RAID storage monitoring

RAID storage monitoring

  • Stay on top of your RAID storage health with real-time insights into controllers, disk drives, fabric ports, LUNs, hosts, storage pools, volume groups, and files/folders,all in one place.
  • Get instant alerts on drive errors, failed backups , partitions, or storage capacity limits, so you can act fast and prevent disruptions before they impact your backup and archival processes.
Tape Library management

Tape Library management

  • Track Tape Drive status, port details, hardware information including chassis, changer device, SCSI controller, and storage media location using SNMP-based monitoring.
  • Get instant alerts on tape drive failures, cartridge issues, or storage capacity limits, so you can act fast and prevent disruptions before they impact your backup and archival processes.
FC switch monitoring

FC switch monitoring

  • Gain complete visibility into your fabric switches, ports, connections, and performance metrics, simplifying FC switch storage management.
  • Escalate unattended alarms or automate key actions to critical alerts to reduce MTTR and streamline FC switch monitoring and troubleshooting.
Monitor storage devices from a unified console- every type, any vendor

Multi-vendor supported storage monitoring system

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)

  • Areca
  • Accordance
  • Dell EMC
  • EqualLogic
  • Fibrenetix
  • Fujitsu
  • Hitachi
  • HPE
  • Huawei
  • IBM
  • InfiniBox
  • Infortrend
  • Kaminario
  • NetApp
  • Oracle
  • Promise VTrak
  • Pure Storage
  • StorageTek/LSI Logic
  • SUN StorEdge
  • Synology
  • Tegile
  • QNAP

FC switch:

  • Cisco
  • SNIA

Tape Libraries:

  • ADIC
  • ATL Quantum
  • OverLand
  • Qualstar
  • Spectra Logic
  • StorageTek
  • SUN Storage Tek
  • IBM
  • HPE
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Uncover OpManager's other storage monitoring capabilities

SAN performance management

SAN performance management

Track key SAN performance metrics such as IOPS, throughput, latency, and disk utilization with OpManager, and receive swift alerts on storage failures, high latency, or degraded RAID arrays, enabling efficient SAN management and proactive issue resolution.

Dedicated storage dashboards

Dedicated storage dashboards

Get a centralized view of your entire storage infrastructure both physical and virtual through OpManager’s storage dashboard. Monitor disk utilization, I/O rates, RAID summary stats, and much more in a single glance.

Storage resource management

Storage resource management

Gain insights from growth trend reports to track historical storage data and make smarter allocation decisions. With Storage Utilization and Summary Reports, detect inefficiencies and redistribute resources for optimal storage performance.

Storage hardware monitoring

Storage hardware monitoring

Monitor all critical hardware components in your storage devices and receive immediate alerts for issues like battery failures, fan malfunctions, power supply issues, or drive failures, ensuring quick intervention to minimize downtime.

Maps & Visualization

Maps & Visualization

With graphical representations and mapping capabilities, gain a clearer understanding of the topological connectivity within your storage architecture. This enables quicker identification of storage issues and helps you take corrective actions efficiently.

Full-stack monitoring

Full-stack monitoring

Go beyond storage/SAN management. With OpManager, you can unify monitoring your servers, networks, storage systems, files/folders, and applications and gain a holistic view of your entire stack in a single pane of glass.

Key metrics to monitor storage performance

  • Capacity utilization
  • Free Capacity
  • Raid Used Capacity
  • Total disk count
  • Active disk counts
  • Disk IOPS
  • Disk read and write stats
  • Average LUN IOPS
  • Volume related stats
  • Total Throughput
  • Storage Battery status
  • Port status
  • SAN errors
  • SAN Avg Operation Size
  • NAS operation per second

Benefits of using storage monitor

Scalability

Scalability

Whether you're starting small or scaling up to an enterprise-level storage setup, OpManager grows with you, ensuring smooth performance no matter how much your infrastructure expands.

Security

Security

Enhance data security with real-time storage monitoring: detect threats, prevent data loss, and ensure compliance with automated alerts and access control

Availability

Availability

With real-time monitoring and proactive alerts, OpManager helps ensure your storage is always up and running. It catches issues early, so you avoid downtime and keep things moving smoothly.

Efficiency

Efficiency

OpManager automates alerts, reporting, and even some fixes, saving you time and reducing the need for constant manual checks. It streamlines your storage management process so you can focus on other tasks.

Visibility

Visibility

Get a clear, centralized view of your storage system in one easy-to-navigate dashboard. You’ll have access to real-time metrics, health stats, and performance reports, so you always know what’s happening with your storage.

FAQs on storage monitoring

What is storage monitoring?

 

Storage monitoring is a proactive IT strategy that helps organizations manage the health and availability of their storage infrastructure. By monitoring metrics like IOPS, disk usage, and RAID health, it ensures uninterrupted access to data, which is vital for meeting SLAs, reducing operational risk, and scaling digital services efficiently.

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