Dell EMC XtremIO ZenPack Monitoring Storage Management Clusters From Zenoss

Zenoss Inc. announced its Dell EMC XtremIO ZenPack, which enhances capabilities for monitoring XtremIO storage management clusters.

IDC estimates that the percentage of data processed, stored or delivered by public cloud data centers will nearly double to 26% between 2016 and 2025.

“Storage continues to be a priority for our customer base,” said Mike Lunt, VP, engineering, Zenoss. “IDC’s recent estimates for cloud data center growth reflect the trends and concerns our customers are experiencing, and the new XtremIO ZenPack helps us address those concerns.“

XtremIO is a high-volume, high-capacity, all-flash array that offers consistently performance with low latency. It enables copy data management capabilities that improve workflows, reduce costs, and provide smaller, incremental scaling options. The XtremIO ZenPack offers single-pane-of-glass management for XtremIO clusters and includes support for volume management and policies.

When used in conjunction with the Capacity ZenPack, it provides projections and alerts on storage capacity issues before they occur.

When combined with the Zenoss Service Dynamics product, the ZenPack adds built-in service impact and root-cause analysis capabilities for services running on XtremIO.

The company’s ZenPacks help organizations monitor about anything in their complex IT environments. The hundreds of ZenPacks available in the firm’s catalog make it to unify, enhance and extend IT monitoring without the need to replace existing tools. ZenPacks are plug-ins that use standard APIs and protocols, including SNMP, WinRM and SSH, to collect configuration information and monitor specific elements, devices or systems without agents.

For companies with custom equipment or applications not yet covered in the ZenPack catalog, the ZenPack SDK (software development kit) makes it easy to build custom ZenPacks that extend the functionality of the Zenoss platform.