Njini enables organizations to significantly reduce their annual cost of storage by applying real-time data management policies that enable files to be intelligently placed (based upon criteria such as business importance) onto the appropriate tier of storage, prevent unintended file duplication and automatically archive files, according to corporate policy, in a manner that is transparent to the end user. The impact of poorly optimized data storage can lead to:

• Files stored on non-cost effective storage platforms
• Inactive files consume valuable storage resources
• Overloaded or unbalanced capacity leading to poor storage utilization
• Unnecessary duplication of files causing excess management, energy usage and costs

In response to these business challenges, Njini’s Storage Optimization feature set provides for:

• Natural control: File services are delivered across your entire storage and network infrastructure, not just specific servers or specific SAN or NAS devices

• Centralized management: An operational dashboard and centralized management console provide a consolidated view cross your entire data storage environment

• Active Archiving: As much as 80% of an organizations unstructured file data will not have been accessed over the past 90 days and 60% will not have been touched for over 2 years. Njini uses Active Archiving to identify, based on policy, which files should be archived and moves them, transparently, from more expensive primary storage, to an archive platform of your choice.

• Logical Management: Logical Tiering enables Unstructured Data to be aligned by business importance as well as by physical tiers of storage thus enabling organizations to manage how storage is distributed in a more efficient and effective manner. With Njini it is possible to apply sophisticated content quota management policies to ensure that valuable storage resources are protected and consumed in a way that makes the most sense to the business.

• Perfect balance: Capacity Balancing automatically distributes files across tiers to improve your overall storage utilization rate. Njini enables organizations to intelligently place unstructured file data onto predefined tiers of storage in real-time, based upon policy. This results in a significant reduction to the total cost of storage, as files are always placed and moved to the most appropriate tier of storage, which ensures that they become aligned with actual business requirements. Files are placed and moved based upon their content and meta-data and moved, as their importance to the business changes over time.