Infrastructure Optimization

If software and hardware have one thing in common, it’s that they both need to perform as efficiently as possible. But in reality, businesses don't just strive to make optimal use of individual IT components: rather, they want to holistically optimise their infrastructure, unlocking higher performance and more capacity at an affordable price. This kind of optimization also means making use of storage systems as efficiently as possible. Storage should be scalable within a business’ infrastructure. This is important in order to keep up with the load on file systems, for example. Moreover, storage should be secure, flexible and – ideally – cost-effective. In short, IT managers are challenged to do more with less. However, with the right data management strategy, optimizing your infrastructure becomes easy. Potential solutions include Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) or Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).

Optimizing Infrastructure with HSM and ILM

Ziar Storage Manager software automatically implements HSM, ILM, migration, policy-based migration and archiving. This makes it the ideal solution for quickly and easily optimising business infrastructure. As provided for under an HSM strategy, Ziar software uses a multi-tiered storage architecture to move inactive data from primary to secondary storage systems, either to archive it or simply to store it on a more efficient system. It also enables ILM by managing data in accordance with custom rules and file lifecycles. Files are protected throughout their lifespan by WORM functionality and retention management. The Ziar Storage Manager enables transparent read access for all supported source systems. Meanwhile, users and applications work just as they used to. They carry on without having to make any changes. For businesses, though, a few things do change: they save time, reduce costs, free up space, increase speed and optimize their resources to create a future-proof infrastructure.