Data Visibility Across Your Entire Enterprise, All The Time
Smart Backup Management:
Taming the Data Explosion
In today's data-driven world, the explosion of information is staggering - more data has been created in the last two years than in all of human history combined. While storage costs per gigabyte continue to plummet, the total cost of data management is skyrocketing. It's not just about the hardware anymore; it's about the complex ecosystem of backup systems, cloud storage, cybersecurity measures, and the skilled professionals needed to manage it all. This exponential growth isn't just a technical challenge - it's a strategic imperative that impacts everything from operational efficiency to regulatory compliance.
The backup landscape has evolved far beyond simple tape libraries. Modern organizations juggle a mix of on-premises solutions, cloud backups, and hybrid approaches, each with its own cost structures and complexities. This diversity, combined with stringent legal and compliance requirements like GDPR and CCPA, demands a new level of precision in data management. It's no longer enough to simply store everything - organizations need intelligent systems that can classify data, optimize storage tiers, and ensure that critical information is both protected and accessible when needed.
Enter FileCensus - a game-changer in the backup management arena. By continuously collecting metadata on every file in your environment, FileCensus provides unprecedented visibility into your data ecosystem. This real-time intelligence allows you to forecast backup needs with pinpoint accuracy, ensuring that backup windows are maintained and resources are optimized. But FileCensus goes beyond mere backup planning. Its comprehensive view of your data landscape enables smarter decision-making across the board - from identifying redundant data to optimizing storage tiers and even informing data governance policies. In an era where data is both an asset and a potential liability, FileCensus empowers organizations to turn their backup strategy from a necessary cost into a strategic advantage.
Determine Trends and Changes
The detailed historical information collected by FileCensus provide an unprecedented level of detail to capacity planners. Shown here is a capacity history with the right chart showing the total amount of available, used and free space over time. If additional capacity is added, or removed then the black line will show a kink when the change occurred. The chart on the left show what types of files are consuming the storage and how they are changing over time.
Details When You Need Them
FileCensus is the only storage management solution that can provide both the "Big Picture" view of your network and the intricate details necessary to drill-down into the unknown and unexpected. This screen shot shows a single volume and the overall changes that have occurred over a 5 month period. You can quickly identify where growth and shrinkage is occurring. By drilling into the paths you can test assumptions about growth patterns and fine-tune your estimates based on actual data.