Free Data Discovery Tool Integral Part of Smart Filer Software, From Leonovus

Leonovus Inc. announced initial findings from its August 13, 2019 launch of its free Data Discovery Tool, an integral part of the Smart Filer software product.

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Based on Data Discovery Tool scans of file servers from several potential Smart Filer customers, on average, 82% of the data in the storage scanned had not been accessed for more than 6 months. One of the scans also showed an amount of unauthorized video data stored on corporate servers. These infrequently accessed (cold) and unauthorized files consume relatively expensive storage media and illustrate where customers can cut their storage costs with Smart Filer while increasing understanding of data.

“We designed Smart Filer with the following principles in mind. It must be simple to install with a powerful analytics/data classification front-end, and a data tiering policy engine. Next, it has to be storage vendor agnostic, and when deployed, totally transparent to the end-user. Finally, it has to reduce the cost of storage by optimizing relatively expensive, performant on-premises storage resources and leveraging cloud storage,” said Michael Gaffney, chairman and CEO, Leonovus.

Using the company’s Smart Filer is a 3-step process. First, storage analysts use the network share scanning capability to classify the mix of hot, warm, and cold data, as well as the types of files in which it resides. Next, IT administrators use the resulting analytics to design and implement new storage policies based on file types and activity. Finally, administrators configure Smart Filer to offload infrequently accessed data to low cost storage (typically cloud-based) automatically and transparently. Users retain access to the files throughout, with no changes to how they access them.

About Smart Filer
IT organizations are constantly challenged with maintaining primary storage infrastructure that are often near or over capacity. Because this data grows so fast and from so many sources, much of it goes unmanaged, meaning it must be stored in overburdened primary storage with the levels of protection and performance available and typically with the highest costs. Smart Filer applies analytics to this data, classifying it and transparently, offloading it.

Smart Filer is an ILM solution that analyzes existing file storage and extends its capacity automatically and transparently. According to customer-defined policies, infrequently accessed files are automatically removed from costly, performance primary storage, and placed in lower cost secondary or cloud storage, without any changes to how users and applications access them. When the company’s Vault is deployed with Smart Filer, customers have lower storage costs and also enhanced data security and durability.

By 2025, IDC says worldwide data will grow 61% to 175B, with as much of the data residing in the cloud as in data centers.

As data continues to grow, Smart Filer’s ILM capability will continue to analyze existing file storage and automatically and transparently move data into hybrid cloud storage architectures.

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