Data Visibility Acrooss Your Entire Enterprise, All The Time
Strategic Capacity Planning:
From Reactive to Proactive
In the era of hybrid cloud environments and exponential data growth, capacity planning has evolved from a routine IT task to a critical business strategy. Once you've tamed the immediate challenges of network cleanup and optimized your backup processes, it's time to leverage advanced analytics for truly intelligent storage management. While hardware costs per gigabyte continue to decrease, the total cost of data management—including cloud storage, security, and compliance—demands a more sophisticated approach. Modern capacity planning isn't just about predicting when you'll need more space; it's about optimizing your entire data ecosystem for performance, cost-efficiency, and strategic advantage.
FileCensus revolutionizes this space by providing unprecedented visibility into your storage utilization patterns. Its AI-driven analytics engine doesn't just crunch numbers; it uncovers hidden insights lurking in the depths of your directory structures and spread across diverse storage tiers—both on-premises and in the cloud. Want to understand the impact of that new big data initiative? Curious about the real cost of your "free" cloud storage tier? FileCensus empowers you to test assumptions and answer complex questions in real-time, transforming capacity planning from educated guesswork into a data-driven science. This level of insight doesn't just help you avoid unnecessary hardware purchases; it enables you to align your storage strategy with broader business objectives.
But FileCensus goes beyond mere forecasting. Its continuous monitoring and change analysis capabilities provide a dynamic, real-time view of your storage ecosystem. This isn't just about tracking gigabytes; it's about understanding data lifecycle, usage patterns, and ownership at a granular level. By correlating storage metrics with business activities, FileCensus enables you to make informed decisions about data retention, tiering strategies, and even cloud migration. In essence, FileCensus transforms capacity planning from a reactive, IT-centric task into a proactive, business-aligned strategy. It's not just about having enough storage; it's about having the right storage, in the right place, at the right time—all while optimizing costs and ensuring compliance.
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.