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Novell Storage Manager
Developer(s)	Novell
Initial release	2004
Stable release	2.5.1
Type	Enterprise File Management
Website	Novell Storage Manager

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Novell Storage Manager is a software package released by Novell in 2004 ^[1] that uses identity, policy and directory events to automate full lifecycle management of file storage for individual users and organizational groups. By tying storage management to an organization's existing identity infrastructure, it has been pointed out^[2], Novell Storage Manager enables the administration of users across all file servers "as a single pool rather than [in] separate independently managed domains."

How It Works

Novell Storage Manager dynamically manages and provisions storage based on user and group events that occur in the directory, including user creations, group assignments, moves, renames, deletions, etc. In other words, when a change happens in the directory that affects a user’s file storage needs or user storage policy, Storage Manager applies the appropriate policy and makes the necessary changes at the file system level to address those storage needs^[3].

The following key components comprise Novell Storage Manager's identity and policy-driven state machine architecture: Directory services; Storage policies; Novell Storage Manager event monitors; Novell Storage Manager policy engine; Novell Storage Manager agents; and Action objects. This state machine architecture enables the engine to properly deal with transient waits with directory synchronization issues. It also allows recovery from failures involving network communications, a target server or a server running a component of Storage Manager—including the policy engine itself. If a failure or interruption occurs at any point during operation, Storage Manager will be able to successfully continue the operation from where it was when the interruption occurred.

Reviews

Jon Toigo called Novell Storage Manager "a robust and smart approach to corralling user files... into an organized and efficient management scheme"^[4]. He also said it was "best in class" of the products he'd reviewedToigo, Jon William, Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold, retrieved 30 July 2010</ref>.

References

^ Greyzdorf, Noemi (2009), "Novell Delivers a New Way of Intelligently Managing Organizations' File-Based Information" (PDF), IDC #216013, 1 (Storage Software: Technology Assessment): 1–3
^ Greyzdorf, Noemi (2010), "Efficiently Delivering Enterprise-Class File-Based Storage", IDC Spotlight: 1–5 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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^ Toigo, Jon William, Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold, retrieved 26 July 2010

External links

[1] Greyzdorf, Noemi (2009), "Novell Delivers a New Way of Intelligently Managing Organizations' File-Based Information" (PDF), IDC #216013, 1 (Storage Software: Technology Assessment): 1–3

[2] Greyzdorf, Noemi (2010), "Efficiently Delivering Enterprise-Class File-Based Storage", IDC Spotlight: 1–5 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[3] Template:Cite whitepaper

[4] Toigo, Jon William, Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold, retrieved 26 July 2010

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 ==How It Works==
-Novell Storage Manager dynamically manages and provisions storage based on user and group events that occur in the directory, including user creations, group assignments, moves, renames and more. In other words, when a change happens in the directory that affects a user’s file storage needs or user storage policy, Storage Manager implements the appropriate policy and makes the necessary changes at the file system level to address those storage needs<ref>{{cite whitepaper | title=Novell Storage Manager
+Novell Storage Manager dynamically manages and provisions storage based on user and group events that occur in the directory, including user creations, group assignments, moves, renames, deletions, etc. In other words, when a change happens in the directory that affects a user’s file storage needs or user storage policy, Storage Manager applies the appropriate policy and makes the necessary changes at the file system level to address those storage needs<ref>{{cite whitepaper | title=Novell Storage Manager for Novell eDirectory | year=2009 | page=4 | url=http://www.novell.com/docrep/2009/04/Novell_Storage_Manager_for_Novell_eDirectory_White_Paper_en.pdf}}</ref>.
-for Novell eDirectory | year=2009 | page=4 | url=http://www.novell.com/docrep/2009/04/Novell_Storage_Manager_for_Novell_eDirectory_White_Paper_en.pdf}}</ref>.
+The following key components comprise Novell Storage Manager's identity and policy-driven [[state machine]] architecture: Directory services; Storage policies; Novell Storage Manager event monitors; Novell Storage Manager policy engine; Novell Storage Manager agents; and Action objects. This state machine architecture enables the engine to properly deal with transient waits with directory synchronization issues. It also allows recovery from failures involving network communications, a target server or a server running a component of Storage Manager—including the policy engine itself. If a failure or interruption occurs at any point during operation, Storage Manager will be able to successfully continue the operation from where it was when the interruption occurred.
-Built on a state machine architecture, at the heart of Novell Storage Manager is its policy engine. The policy engine manipulates file systems on network storage to set aside both user storage and collaborative storage according to policies defined by an organization. It accomplishes this by acting on directory event notifications that it receives from the Storage Manager event monitors.
-The following key components comprise its identity and policy-driven state machine architecture: Directory services; Storage policies; Novell Storage Manager event monitors; Novell Storage Manager policy engine; Novell Storage Manager agents; and Action objects.
-The state machine architecture in Novell Storage Manager has been designed so that policies will be successfully applied regardless of unforeseen interruptions to their execution. The internal transactional state machine architecture enables the engine to properly deal with transient waits with directory synchronization issues. It also allows recovery from virtually any failure involving network communications, a target server or a server running a component of Storage Manager—including the policy engine itself. If a failure or interruption occurs at any point during operation, Storage Manager will be able to successfully continue the operation from where it was when the interruption occurred.
 ==Reviews==
-Called "a robust and smart approach to corralling user files... into an organized and efficient management scheme"<ref>{{Citation| last = Toigo | first = Jon William | title = Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold | url= http://esj.com/articles/2009/04/28/novell-storage-mgr.aspx | accessdate = 26 July 2010}}</ref>
+Jon Toigo called Novell Storage Manager "a robust and smart approach to corralling user files... into an organized and efficient management scheme"<ref>{{Citation| last = Toigo | first = Jon William | title = Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold | url= http://esj.com/articles/2009/04/28/novell-storage-mgr.aspx | accessdate = 26 July 2010}}</ref>. He also said it was "best in class" of the products he'd reviewed{{Citation| last = Toigo | first = Jon William | title = Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold | url=http://www.drunkendata.com/?p=2916 | accessdate = 30 July 2010}}</ref>.
 ==References==