Data growth continues to be a challenge for IT and storage administrators. The growth strains the resources of even the most robust IT organizations who must juggle the competing priorities of data access, cost-effective storage and legal and regulatory obligations. As a result, organizations are faced with substantially increasing data storage complexity. IT decision makers are constantly faced with decisions about what files to keep, where, and for how long.

    This white paper presents a solution for managing growing file system data. The way to reduce costs, reduce risks and ensure compliant retention for file system data is to leverage a tiered storage environment. This white paper highlights proven software solutions that provide automated, policy-based data movement with transparent access for Windows, UNIX and Linux-based file systems.