Introduction

Northern Storage Suite is a software solution that enables organizations to control the use of storage resources; specifically the way in which users exploit this resource.

As much as 60% of the unstructured data accumulated, and accumulating, on your storage infrastructure is of no strategic value. Northern Storage Suite provides you with the tools needed to control the user behaviour that leads to this storage misuse; changing user attitudes towards storing private, duplicate, triplicate, obsolete and other low value files.

Disk Quotas

  • Soft Quotas: use quotas simply to trigger notifications
  • Hard Quotas: set hard ceilings for users and disk objects
  • User Quotas: control usage by user in department shares
  • Directory Quotas: set quotas on individual directories
  • File Block: prevent specific file types from being saved
  • File Allow: only allow specific file types to be saved
  • Interface: information-rich and customizable


End User Interaction

  • Report to users: show files that could be safely deleted
  • Interactive reports: allow action directly within reports
  • Timely reports: send a user her report at quota threshold
  • Secure reports: run in the user's security context


Reporting

  • Drill-down interface: from overview to specific bottleneck
  • Scheduled reporting: regular updates on areas of interest
  • User reports: list all files owned by a specific account
  • Binary format reports: list all renamed MP3 files
  • Exchange reports: report on mailbox size
  • Duplicate file reports: across the network or share level

Forecasting

  • Usage history: at all drill-down levels including file types
  • Projections: project usage for hosts, volumes and users
  • Near full: list volumes with dangerous growth rates


Analytics

  • Warning flags: draw attention for immediate action
  • Warning flags: point to where future problems will lie
  • Action recommendations: outline viable strategies


Chargeback

  • Financial reports: spread awareness of the financial costs
  • Strict billing: spread payable invoice for storage service
  • Cost centers: charge for usage by user, group, OU, path
  • Data sources: file system, exchange, quota


Automation

  • Open process: replace hidden scripts with open process
  • Scheduled cleanup: nightly removal of MP4 files
  • Scheduled move: monthly zip and move of old files
  • Immediate mail: watch for changes in a webpage


Northern Storage Suite is a Windows-based software solution that supports Windows cluster, HP PolyServe, HP StorageWorks, SAN devices when connected to a Windows host, all CIFS compliant NAS devices and has dedicated support for NetApp NAS and EMC Celerra.

EMC Select
Misc

Using state-of-the-art content quota management technology, Northern Storage Suite has tailored its user focused method of generating efficient storage use to fit EMC Celerra. The combination of NSS for EMC and EMC Celerra provides customers with the best technology available to build and maintain a strong storage network. NSS for EMC is available through EMC Select.

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Evaluate NSS

Take the next step and start to evaluate Northern Storage Suite by one of the following:

1. Book a Webinar
2. Watch a Webcast
3. Download the 30-day trial

Multiple Platforms?

Does your storage environment contain multiple platforms? No problem, whether you are using Windows servers, SAN or NAS systems, EMC Celerra or NetApp NAS, Northern Storage Suite can help you manage your storage.

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