Storage Management Software - Manage Large Storage with Less Manpower

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Storage Management Software - Manage Large
Storage with Less Manpower
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• Back in the pre-digital days, documents were
  stored in file cabinets in desks and offices,
  then physically culled and relocated into file
  rooms when they were no longer deemed immediately
  relevant, then eventually shifted onto microfiche
  and stored elsewhere based on regulations or an
  organizations internal policies. The process was
  cumbersome, time-consuming, inefficient and
  expensive, and locating a specific document could
  take weeks. The advent of computers and
  electronic storage has certainly made a dramatic
  difference, but has not eliminated the essential
  problem organizations need to store and have
  access to their growing volume of data, and they
  need to do it in a way that is both efficient and
  cost-effective. Storage management software
  offers a solution by creating a tiered storage
  management process, data can be deduplicated and
  consolidated while being placed on less
  expensive, secondary storage devices.

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• Tiered storage management provides your
  organization with the one thing that it most
  desperately needs space but in doing so it
  also reduces costs and boosts performance. It
  prioritizes data based upon the value that the
  organizations administrators assigned to it,
  enables old data to be offloaded for extended
  storage and freeing up the more expensive shared
  storage for critical documents and information.
  The establishment of different classes of data
  value enables migration to slower, larger disks
  and keeps the performance level at the top tier
  humming. As expensive storage is reserved for
  mission-critical applications, the documents that
  are aged out or deemed less critical are
  distributed in a way that still allows access,
  but at a lower cost. This process can be repeated
  if the organization sees the need, creating a
  third tier at even lower cost and slower
  performance for archival storage.

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• Though organizations have attempted to create
  tiered storage in the past (even in the days of
  paper and hard copy), the process has always been
  hampered by an inability to properly understand
  exactly where data is stored, and for what
  reason. ShareArchivers storage management
  software addresses this issue by providing tools
  that provide insight into data usage, thus
  enabling a real-time assignment of value that can
  help establish policies. The program is flexible
  and works within existing platforms, thus
  enabling the process to be fully automated, yet
  fully customized to your organizations needs.
  The determination of what type of data needs to
  be placed on the fastest drives can be managed
  without requiring extensive administrative
  interventions or monitoring.

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• Tiered storage management takes the problem of
  storage consumption and offers an elegant
  solution rather than eliminating data or making
  it virtually inaccessible in order to create more
  space or simply purchasing additional (and
  expensive) storage appliances, it consolidates
  older and less-used data onto lower tiers and
  secondary storage devices, thus easing the
  demands placed on high performance storage,
  improving performance and reducing storage costs.
  For organizations that are currently storing data
  on individual servers, the shift can represent a
  remarkable improvement in their capabilities and
  performance and a dramatic reduction in cost. For
  more information on Share rs storage management
  software and what a difference it can make for
  your organization, contact us today.

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