In computing, storage resource management (SRM) involves optimizing the efficiency and speed with which a storage area network (SAN) utilizes available drive space.
[1] Data growth averages around 50% to 100% per year [citation needed] and organizations face rising hardware and storage management costs.
[citation needed] SRM identifies under-utilized capacity, identifies old or non-critical data that could be moved to less expensive storage, and helps predict future capacity requirements.
As of 2012[update] it included functions such as storage area network (SAN) management.
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