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Storage

D2

Develop and implement approaches and policies for the life cycle management of storage — including, for example, disk drives, solid state disks, storage-as-a-service, and so on.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Storage at each level of maturity.

2Basic
  • Practice
    Develop policies, processes, and procedures for the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure, and select the appropriate tools to successfully implement.
    Outcome
    A basic, repeatable, and reliable approach begins to emerge to design, implement, and support the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure.
    Metric
    % of the storage infrastructure life cycle that is documented and managed.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Use standard policies, processes, procedures, and tools for the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure.
    Outcome
    Life cycle management and tool sets have been standardized and partially automated for most of the storage infrastructure.
    Metric
    % of the storage infrastructure that uses a standard management life cycle.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Regularly test and review to automate and improve the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure.
    Outcome
    The life cycle management of the storage infrastructure is continuously improved and semi-automated.
    Metrics
    • % automation of the management of the storage infrastructure.
    • # of improvements to the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Use research and experimentation to exploit all new and best practice approaches to improve the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure.
    Outcome
    The life cycle management of all storage infrastructure is continuously optimized.
    Metric
    % cost savings due to optimization of the life cycle management of the storage infrastructure.