6-Minute Whiteboard Conversations

Simplifying Data Management
How to simplify data management and enable IT flexibility to reduce storage costs.

Reduce Storage Costs through Automated Storage Tiering
How to cut costs by 50% or more through storage tiering.

Optimizing Backups to Reduce Backup Windows and Costs
How to reduce backup costs, as well as backup and recovery times, by 80% or more.

Maximize the Value of Existing Storage Assets
How to more efficiently utilize existing storage resources and defer new storage purchases.

Hassle-Free NAS Consolidation and Data Migration
How to perform consolidation and migration projects without disrupting users or applications, and reduce the time and resources required by up to 90%.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

F5 ARX Series
F5 ARX® file virtualization devices eliminate the disruption associated with storage administration and automates many storage management tasks. With ARX you will:
  • Reduce overall storage costs by 50% or more
  • Cut data migration times by up to 90%
  • Reduce backup times and costs by up to 90%
  • Eliminate disruptive downtime


F5 Data Manager
Data Manager lets you see deep into your file system so you can finally understand which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume. With this insight you can:
  • Improve capacity planning and forecasting
  • Create effective file management policies
  • Uncover optimization opportunities
  • Analyze the potential cost savings of strorage tiering policies, based on your actual data


Free software download available. Review Data Manager Product Overview for details.

Managing file data has become a resource-draining budget buster, but this site can help you create a smarter storage strategy that will drive down costs and boost operational efficiencies. Get expert insight into automated storage tiering strategies that simplify data management and reduce infrastructure complexity. View the 6-Minute Whiteboard Conversations, check out the Storage Cost Savings Calculator, and browse through the rest of the resources to learn how you can get a grip on storage growth and reduce costs.

FEATURED TOPIC RESOURCES

How to Create a Smarter Storage Strategy
This paper explores why it is important to have deep insight into your file storage environment, including knowing what kinds of files are being created, why they are being created, who is creating them, how old they are, and how much storage capacity they consume. This paper also looks at how storage reporting and capacity forecasting tools can help you create a smarter storage strategy by automating the critically important but time consuming process of data capture and analysis.
Storage Cost Savings Calculator
Use this calculator to determine the potential storage cost savings your company could realize by implementing intelligent file virtualization. Just answer a few simple questions about your environment to get an immediate three-year savings analysis.
Break Free with Intelligent File Virtualization
Enterprises today face the challenge of managing and storing an ever-increasing amount of information. Intelligent file virtualization resolves this dilemma in a simple and effective manner. This white paper introduces the ARX intelligent file virtualization solution. It also discusses the key applications and benefits of this innovative technology.
Reducing Storage Costs with F5 ARX
Companies that have deployed ARX solutions have realized significant cost savings in several ways, including through greater use of lower cost storage with storage tiering, reduced backup media consumption from backup optimization, improved resource utilization, and simplified storage administration. This technology brief examines each of those scenarios and explains how those savings are achieved.
Data Manager File System Inventory Summary Report Excerpt
F5 Data Manager storage management software provides you with deep insight into your file storage environment so you can identify and optimize data management policies to create a more efficient and cost-effective storage infrastructure. This is an excerpt of a file system inventory recently performed for a mid-size technology company using Data Manager. Download this report to learn what this company discovered that allowed them to cut storage costs and boost operational efficiencies.