In my opinion, it's the best monitoring and report creation tool for IBM storage devices. You can do a lot of performance stats and reports with very nice tools for IBM storage devices.

We have been able to take advantage of the new feature offered where we are able to create tickets and send snaps through the Storage Insights tool directly to support. This has really helped us save time. You do not have to call in, and all the questions that they ask, they have already been filled in when you go into the create ticket option. 

Previously, we did not have any visibility into our storage tickets, like we do with our tickets on the Power System side. With this tool, we can see old tickets with a description and PMR number, which is very helpful.

The product keeps historical data for a very long time.

The ease with which you can drill into whatever individual component, or overall system that you want to look at in terms of performance, that's, to me, the most valuable aspect. 

If there are performance problems you can drill into it and look at every single grueling detail. If you need to, you can export the raw data and look at it in whatever other way you may wish to look at it.

Technical support is quite responsive and helpful.

For the most part, the solution is stable. 

The most valuable feature is the ease of use. The ability to get into a storage device and look at whatever you are trying to look at as far as performance, then obtain the reports that you need to do your analytical work.

The granularity of this solution has been most useful. Customers can click on a single item and get the information only for the single item they choose.

Spectrum Control is highly secure and competitively priced.