• A user-friendly interface that graphically represents disk array elements and simplifies the normally complicated process of array configuration
• The real-time reporting on the status of the entire array, making the task of monitoring disk arrays virtually effortless.
• Complemented the on-board console interface found on Infortrend's RAID controllers and the text-mode configuration utility that provides the same functionality, but with greater ease of use.

The following sections describe SANWatch's outstanding features and introduce its conceptual framework.

SANWatch is available in the Express and the Professional versions. The differences between them are related to the snapshot functions. Following is a comparison chart of the two versions:

Table 1-1: Comparison between the Express and the Professional Versions

A 30-day trial is provided with the software and you must purchase the software to continue using either the Express or the Professional version.

• Supports Data Service : point-in-time snapshot backup, automated snapshot scheduler, and OS flush agent.
• Supports Microsoft Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), providing a VSS hardware provider that is included in the SANWatch package (in a "VSS" sub-folder).

• Supports the display of data path connectivity using the EonPath multi-pathing software.
• Supports RAID level 6, which sustains the failures of two member disk drives.
• RAID level migration on a per logical drive basis.
• Access to all RAID array configuration options.
• User-friendly graphical interface displays multiple information windows for simultaneous access to multiple RAID subsystems.
• Standard TCP/IP connections to an Internet agent for full-featured, worldwide management over the network.
• Communicates with RAID subsystems over a LAN (out-of-band) and the Internet, and over the existing host busses (SAS or Fibre links) using the in-band command protocols.
• Severity levels and display sequences are configurable for event notification.
• Provides password protection to guard against unauthorized modification of disk array configuration; passwords are set for Maintenance (user) and Configuration (administrator) login access.
• A Centralized Management utility that provides easy access to numerous RAID subsystems across the network.
• A Configuration Client utility that provides event notification via Email, Fax, MSN Messenger, SMS Short Message, LAN Broadcast, and SNMP Traps