New Flash Tutorial Posted on How to Use Aperi to Discover and Manage Your Environment

Over the last couple of months, the community has been working on new tools to help folks become more familiar with the Aperi software. To that end, we've just posted the 2nd Flash tutorial to the Aperi Demo page. The Flash tutorial shows how easy it is to use the Aperi GUI to discover and probe elements across the storage environment and is a great complement to the first tutorial we posted a couple months prior, which shows how one can easily download, install, and configure the Aperi software.

As we begin the new year, we want to make sure we continue to focus on the needs of the community and provide tools like this that help accelerate the adoption of the Aperi code. If you have any recommendations on new tools, please share your thoughts with the community. The best way to do this is through the project mailing list.

All the best,
Allen

Aperi Storage Network Simulator available

The Aperi project announces the first release of the Storage Network Simulator. The simulator is a tool that enables you to simulate a storage area network (SAN) through software. You can create a SAN configuration, add devices to the SAN, create arbitrary connections between devices, and remove connections between devices. Using this tool to create a simulated SAN environment can help when you:

• Have limited or no access to hardware and software when developing and testing SRM applications

• Have "off-line"' access to SAN devices without impacting the performance of the real network (such as the SNIA lab or any SAN in the world).

• Need to perform "what-if" analysis before you plan to extend or reconfigure your SAN

The SAN Simulator provides an increase in productivity and efficiency for Aperi development and testing by removing the dependence on device availability.

The Storage Network Simulator is now available at the Aperi Downloads page.

Install instructions are available from the Storage Network Simulator Installation Instructions page.

Cheers,
Tom