Reclaim wasted space: move unwanted content – remove unnecessary cost

On average a storage device that is left unmanaged will include over 30% non-business related data. These files are users’ photo albums, music collections, movie collections – a lot of these files are copyright protected. On top of this you can expect to find a great deal of duplicate, obsolete files and other types of unwanted data.

The effects of this is that the average organization is investing more than a third of its storage budget in maintaining and protecting unwanted and unnecessary data, and an average backup is more than a third longer than it needs to be. Excessive restore times cost billions each year.

Northern Storage Suite offers a way to reclaim this wasted capacity. Its comprehensive reporting functionality shows you just what is being stored in your environment, where it is being stored and who is storing it. Northern Storage Suite can then be used to automatically delete or move these files.

As a final measure, Northern Storage Suite can reveal users who are attempting to abuse your storage policies; by hiding the type of content they are saving or by saving files inside other files.

ACHIEVING THE GOAL
1. Identify unwanted content - Using Storage Reporter you can identify the problem areas, the space that can be reclaimed. Files can be classified and grouped as you wish, allowing you to view exactly what percentage of your disk space is consumed by which kind of file.

2. Clean-up and automate - This information is then used to create automation jobs in Storage Assistant that remove the unwanted files and reclaim the capacity. Scan jobs running at regular intervals provide the entire network with transparent protection against unwanted files, translating into more efficient data management given shortened backup cycles and accelerated retrieval.

3. Advanced monitoring - Among the advanced monitoring features you will find the possibility to find files containing hidden streams, monitor growth rates for specific users and file types, and retrieve reports on files created before, on or after a certain date.

Northern Storage Suite is available as a 30-day trial. Click on the link below to download the latest evaluation version (you will be redirected to the Northern website).

IMPORTANT: if you are an existing customer on maintenance please visit Northern's Support area to download the latest production version and service releases.