ARKIVIO :: Storage Capacity Management Solutions

Overview

Capacity management of storage devices has been given a high priority in many IT departments because administrators do not want to waste precious budget dollars over-provisioning storage capacity (typical storage is only 50% utilized at best) and they do want to take advantage of lower cost storage devices by implementing a tiered-storage architecture.

In the past, capacity management of storage devices had been given a low priority by system administrators. In strong economics times the budget to purchase new storage was readily available. Risking unavailability of end user data or applications due to a full volume was, and still is, unacceptable. Since it is difficult to re-provision volumes on a storage device to make under-utilized capacity available in these situations, the answer has been to buy extra storage and over-provision capacity for a given application or user. However, even in weak economic times storage hardware vendors have aggressively priced storage capacity enabling the continuation of this same pattern of over-provisioning.

The ARKIVIO® auto-stor solution cost-effectively solves the over-provisioning expense problem and automates the implementation of tiered-storage architecture. The ARKIVIO solution enables IT departments to organize and classify their data and storage resources based on how important the assets are to the company. It then automates data migration and placement to under-utilized capacity or from one tier of storage to another without disrupting end user or application access to their data.

The Summary Benefits of Storage Capacity Management with ARKIVIO® auto-stor:

• Network Direct Attached Storage :: Reclaim under-utilized existing capacity and match data to storage based on the importance of the data to the company and the data’s stage in its lifecycle.
• Managed Data and Capacity :: Understand which users, departments, and applications are creating different data types and accurately predict how much capacity they will need.
• Automated Data Movement :: Move and delete data according to administrator-defined policies which eliminates the need for scripts or other manual processes that are costly and error prone.
• No User Disruption :: Users can continue to access their data from its original location eliminating the need to retrain or create different access paths or new search capabilities.

How can Storage Capacity Management help your environment?
To help you understand the benefits and ROI of Storage Capacity Management for your organization, Arkivio has developed the ARKIVIO Storage Capacity Management Assessment service. Call your local Arkivio Account Team or complete the form below and your account manager will get in touch with you.

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More Information

Technical Whitepaper :: Data & Information Lifecycle Management with ARKIVIO® auto-stor

Case Study :: Fortune 500 Electronics Manufacturer Saves $3.9 Million Automating Tiered-Storage Architecture