Novell ® File Management Suite Intelligently Manage File Storage for Maximum Business Benefit...

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

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Agenda

• Customer Challenges

• Novell File 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 digital data is unstructured

Increasing cost to manage growing storage resources

Unstructured data resists categorization, 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•Upgrading to Open Enterprise Server•Where to start?

Buy More!


Or, Get Smart

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Save money & man hours

Leverage existing investments

Use your resources for more strategic projects

Enhance existing data center solutions

Business Benefits ofNovell File Management Suite


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...?

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

Novell File Management Suite


Enhance and Complement Novell File Management Suite

Universal Solution – Works with any Incumbent Solution

Automated & Identity-Driven File System ManagementAutomated & Identity-Driven File System Management

Directory Services / PolicyDirectory Services / Policy

File SystemFile System

Operating System / DriverOperating System / Driver

Storage Resource ManagementStorage Resource Management

Virtual Device ManagementVirtual Device Management

Volume / LUNVolume / LUN

Physical Device ManagementPhysical Device Management

SAN / NAS / DASSAN / NAS / DASF

ileFile

Blo

ckB

lock

Novell FileManagement Suite

Novell FileManagement Suite

Traditional “Storage Resource Management” domain populated

byStorage Vendors

Traditional “Storage Resource Management” domain populated

byStorage Vendors


Novell Storage Manager

Novell Dynamic File Services

for Windows

Novell File Reporter



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

User creates, accesses, saves data to disk

Intelligent File Management

Identity-Driven Data Management

Automated DataReporting

Policy-based DataRelocation

Stale data can be relocated to cheaper storage devices

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

CloudCloud


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

De-provision access to critical data

File Rights Analysis

Intellectual Property

Identity-driven Storage Management

Regulatory ComplianceProductivityCost ReductionData Security


Benefits

• 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

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File SystemsFile SystemsIdentity-Driven Data Management


IdentityIdentity

Novell eDirectory

MicrosoftActive Directory

Identity-driven and Policy-based File Management

• Provisioning• De-provisioning• Role-based management

• Provisioning• De-provisioning• Lifecycle File Storage

Management• Automate manual processes• Business alignment based on

policies

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

(Linux) & NetWare


EventEvent

EventEvent

PolicyPolicy

PolicyPolicy


NSM Policy-Driven Automation

BOS-2K8

BOS-Policy

SFO-Policy

SFO-2K8

BOS-2K3

• Provisioning/Placement

• Load-Balancing

• Restructuring

• Migration

• De-Provisioning/Vaulting

SFO-VaultServer

• Renaming

• Tiering


Lifecycle Storage ManagementBased on Identity and Policy



Storage Policies

NSM Engine

NSM Event Monitor(s)

Directory Services

Delegated Work

• Server to Server File Copies• Vaulting of Storage• File Template Copies

• Create User or Group• Move User • Rename User• Add and Remove Member from Group• Delete User• etc

• Provision storage• Assign Rights• Rename Folders• Set / Update Attribute• Clean Up Storage• Delegate Work to Agent

NSM Agent(s)

NSM Admin

.net Framework

HTTPS

Catalog Data


Policy-based DataRelocation


• Transparent Tiered Storage

• Reduce back-up windows and associated administration costs

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

Benefits



• 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

Dynamic File Services provides:



BEFORE AFTER


Dynamic File Services for Windows

Management Console

Windows Server

End User Merged View

HTTPS Microsoft Networking

GUI

CLI

Web Service API

WCF Proxy

Microsoft .net Framework

WCF Proxy

Web Service

API

Enforcer

Windows Service

Controller GUI

Repair GUI

Firewall GUI

Port GUI

Microsoft .net Framework

win32 Ioctl Mini Filter driver

File Protocol

File System Primary

Secondary


Automated DataReporting


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 lots 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?



• Agents for fast, immensely scalable reporting

• Report on volumes, or on policies you create

• Built-in cost reporting


NetwareAgent

OES Linux Agent

WindowsAgent

NSM 2.5 eDirectory

DSC eDirectory

NSM 2.5 Active Directory

ESR AuthService

DSCActive Directory

Reporting Server

Windows Server

SLESOES Linux

Generate Reports

Display Reports

Linux Agent

Scan

Scan

Scan

Scan

SR

SR

SR

SR

Netware

OES Linux

Windows Server / NAS

SLES


NSM Admin

.net Framework

HTTPS

Where to Start


Still Thinking About It?

• Get the full benefit of Novell File Reporter in order to get a handle on your file storage environment

• 60 days to assess your current state

• Design future state

• Contact your Novell partner for more information

File Reporter Assessment


Upgrade to the Suite

NSM

NDFS

NFR


NSM

NFR

Summary


Why This is Different?

• 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

Only Novell's solution does all this...


It's All About People

End Users Administrators CIOs

• Maximize utilization of storage investments

• Automate provisioning, de-provisioning and archiving of unstructured files, saving hundreds of hours a year

• End manual intervention to map storage resources to users

• Quickly allocate space on volumes

• Plan in advance for storage acquisitions, only when you need them

• Set policies based on IT and business goals

• Zero-day Start & Stop

• Information follows the user when location or group changes

• No impact to end users when data moves

• No training required

• Eliminate user frustration of lack of space

• Ensure that relevant data is treated differently than irrelevant data

• Know how your storage investments are being utilized

• Accurately forecast and budget on storage spending

• Reports calculate the exact cost savings realized

• Set policies based on business benefits

• Enforce IT policies though automation

• Ensure compliance to regulatory and industry requirements by tying data to users


Heard on the Street

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

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

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