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File Server Virtualization and Security
Alan Kessler President and CEO, Attune Systems
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In order to achieve data protection and security …
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…the right file must be in the right place at the right time…
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…without disruption to users and applications
Tier 1 $$$$$
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What Is File Virtualization?
The ability to disassociate the application’s or user’s perceived location of a file from the physical location of the file
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Tier 2 $$$
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File Virtualization Case Study
Leading technology company Spending ~ $1MM per month on storage Large NFS and CIFS/Windows environment Perceived Windows as area of greatest opportunity Very high performance environment Transparency to the user is crucial Initial assessment:
• 4 NetApp Filers • 85MM files
Source: Attune Systems Symphony Report
Lacking Compliance with Business Policies: 16% of Files are Unauthorized or “Suspicious”
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Increasing file sizes Longer retention Diversity of new storage
Compliance and data protection concerns accelerating
New types of storage and storage diversity accelerating
File Virtualization and Security: Next Great Wave
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Copies of presentation by e-mailing:
akessler@attunesystems.com
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The File Management Paradox
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
No Growth
1%-15%
16%-50%
51%-75%
76%-100%
> 100%
2.9%
29.4%
51.7%
10.5%
4.2%
1.3%
Unstructured Data Growth Per Year (Fortune 1000)
Source: Taneja Group
38% of Storage Used for Likely Duplicates M
illio
ns
Source: Attune Systems Symphony Report Irvine, CA USA March 2008
Costly and Inefficient Use of Storage: 50% of Files Not Accessed in 6 Months
Source: Attune Systems Symphony Report
Per
cent
age
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