Novell File Management Suite: Intelligently Manage File Storage for Maximum Business Benefit

Novell® File Management Suite Intelligently Manage File Storage forMaximum Business Benefit

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Agenda

• Customer Challenges

• Novell® Storage Management Suite

– Novell Storage Manager

– Novell Dynamic File Services

– Novell File Reporter

• Summary


The Iceberg in the Data CenterCould it sink you?

structured data

unstructured data

80% of all digitaldata is unstructured

Unstructured data is growing by 60% CAGR

Unstructured data resists utilization and reuse


Customer Challenges

• Explosive growth of unstructured data (files)• Regulatory compliance• Storage admin tasks highly manual and redundant• Costs in hardware, power, cooling, administration• More electronic collaboration = more files• Hidden value deep in file systems• Where to start?


File-based Data Growth

IDC, January 2009

“The fastest-growing data type is the file. Unstructured, file-based data is growing faster, is consuming more space, and is being retained longer. This is a challenge that touches every tier of storage, from primary to data protection to archiving.”


Just Adding Storage is Unsustainable

“Simply continuing to add more storage through traditional methods is unsustainable because many datacenters will be unable to provide the necessary power, space, or cooling. As a result, companies need to be more effective and efficient in the way they provide storage resources.”

IDC, December 2007


Do you know...

How many orphaned folders are on the network?

How many TB of MP3s?

How many documents haven't been accessed in the six months? The last year?

How many redundant files are stored?

Do you know how much space the files above take up on your network?

How much does it cost to power and cool?

How much time are you spending backing up?

Understanding your data better is the first step to rationalizing it


Two Approaches to Efficiency

Before Now

Why not control data at the source? Start with the user.

• Buy more disk• Manage blocks• Manage LUNs• Hierarchical Storage

Management• Storage Virtualization• Others

• Assess your current state• Customize policies for your

business requirements• Control data based on its

relevance• Automate mundane tasks• Optimize your file storage• Reduce back-up windows• Maintain streamlined

storage environment

Novell® File Management Suite


Enhance and Complement Novell® File Management Suite

Operating System / Driver

Storage Resource Management

Virtual Device Management

Volume / LUN

Physical Device Management

SAN / NAS / DAS

File

Blo

ck

Automated and Identity-DrivenFile System Management

Directory Services / Policy

File System

Novell® FileManagement Suite

Traditional “Storage Resource Management”

domain populated by Storage Vendors

Universal Solution – Works With Any Incumbent Solution


Novell® File Management Suite

Policy-Based DataRelocation

Automated DataReporting

Identity-Driven Data Management


The Common Thread: Identity

• HIPAA

• Sarbanes-Oxley

• Privacy Act

• Audit Requirements

• NCLB / AYP

• Fast employee ramp-up

• Do more with less

• Team Collaboration

• Eliminate redundant administration tasks

• Reduce helpdesk burden

• Trend Analysis

• Reduce Complexity

• Consistent storage policies

• Deprovision access to critical data

• File Rights Analysis

• Intellectual Property

Identity-driven Storage Management

DataSecurity

CostReduction Productivity Regulatory

Compliance

Novell® Storage Manager


• Automate thousands of hours of manual work on mundane and redundant tasks, and reduce errors criteria for consistency and audit

• Assure that users have the space they need whenever and wherever they need it

• Enable user productivity from Day 1, and cut rights to data upon termination

• Attach data to the user based on role and group• Have the confidence that data is secure and

available should an organization need to prove compliance with government or industry regulations

Benefits


Identity-drivenData ManagementIdentity File

Systems

Identity-driven and Policy-based File Management

• Storage Hardware Platforms• Storage Area Networks• Windows Server 2008• Windows Server 2003• Open Enterprise Server

(Linux) and NetWare®

• Provisioning / De-Provisioning• Lifecycle Storage Management• Automate manual processes• Business alignment based on

policies

• Provisioning / De-Provisioning• Role Based Management

Event Policy

Novell eDirectory Event Policy

Microsoft Active Directory

Novell Storage Manager


BOS-2K8

NSM Policy-Driven Automation

SanFransisco

X

Boston

Acme

SFO-Policy

BOS-PolicySFO-VaultServer

SFO-2K8

BOS-2K3

• Provisioning/Placement• Load-balancing• Restructuring

• Tiering• Migration• Renaming• Deprovisioning/Vaulting


Lifecycle Storage ManagementBased on Identity and Policy

Novell® Dynamic File Services


• Transparent Tiered Storage

• Reduce back-up windows and associated administration costs

• Not all users' data is created equal; why treat it that way?

Benefits


Agenda

• Tiered File Storage - Automated policies to relocate unstructured files to a lower cost storage devices

• Policies based on:– Age of File– Size of File– File Type– Access/Modification Times

• User Experience: Merged view of information automatically provided for the end user.

• No agents on the desktop• Administrators can maintain different backup/restore policies

for their primary and secondary storage locations


Novell Dynamic File Services

BEFORE AFTER

Novell® File Reporter


Benefits

• File Assessment Practice

• Discovery

• Easily turn reports into automated policies

• Don't react to storage needs; Plan for them

• Rationalized storage infrastructure saves money


Where Has All My Space Gone?

Has therebeen a

significantincreasein users?

In whatgroup?

Are there a lot of

redundantfiles?

Where?

Who hasthem?

Is spacebeing

abused?

By whom?Are weat risk?

Are wekeeping old filestoo long?

What are

typical usagepatterns?

When werethese fileslast used?

Who owns

them?

Are theyrelevant to

our business?


Novell® File Reporter

• Agents for fast, immensely scalable reporting

• Report on volumes, or on policies you create

• Built-in cost reporting


Automated policies attach data to users and groups, while keeping costs low for IT

User creates, accesses, saves data to disk

Intelligent File Management

Stale data can be relocated to cheaper storage devices

IT assesses data usage patterns and makes or adjust policies to optimize fixed resources

Identity-Driven Data

Management

Policy-Based Data

Relocation

Automated Data

Reporting

Summary


Why This is Different?

Only the Novell solution does all this...• Drives efficiency with folder- and file-level management• Manages collaborative files with no end-user impact• Uses customized policies to automate manual tasks• Connects data to users throughout the file lifecycle• Manages data based on relevance to the business


Heard on the Street

“NSM is a great product both in terms of its functionalityand its simplicity of use. ...NSM is powerful on its own,but comes into full fruition when deployed in conjunctionwith Dynamic Storage technology, also from Novell®.”

Jon Toigo, Enterprise Systems Journal“Novell Storage Manager Strikes Data Management Gold”


Enhance and Complement Novell® File Management Suite

Operating System / Driver

Storage Resource Management

Virtual Device Management

Volume / LUN

Physical Device Management

SAN / NAS / DAS

File

Blo

ck

Automated and Identity-DrivenFile System Management

Directory Services / Policy

File System

Novell® FileManagement Suite

Traditional “Storage Resource Management”

domain populated by Storage Vendors

Universal Solution – Works With Any Incumbent Solution

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