Storage Manager Features
Novell Storage Manager brings unprecedented structure, automation and management capabilities to user and group storage
- Automates routine storage tasks
- Eases the burden on IT
- Enforces compliance automatically
- Supports multiple platforms
- Migrates and manages storage
- Allocates storage based on role
- Prevents storage of file types
- Takes a green approach
Automates routine storage tasks
If you have a large, dynamic user population, Novell Storage Manager can help you generate a substantial return on investment. That's because provisioning rights settings, renames, storage transfers, vaulting, disposition, and reassignments are addressed automatically.
Eases the burden on IT
Instead of saddling your IT helpdesk personnel with single instance user and group storage tasks, let Novell Storage Manager perform these tasks automatically. Based on user identity, role, and policies that you create, a user home directory can be set up and provisioned with any files and group storage access needed for a particular role in the organization.
Enforces compliance automatically
Whether it's the removal of files not permitted for storage in the network home directory (such as MP3s), or the strict adherence to industry or government regulations pertaining to storage archiving, Novell Storage Manager lets you create policies in Novell eDirectory or Microsoft Active Directory that ensure your storage compliance needs are met.
Supports multiple platforms
Multiple platforms? No problem. Novell Storage Manager provides automated, identity-driven storage management to Novell and Microsoft networks via eDirectory and Active Directory respectively. Supported file systems in Novell networks include Novell NSS, Novell Traditional, EXT3, and Reiser, and in Microsoft networks Windows 2000 and 2003.
Migrates and manages storage
Whether it's consolidating servers or moving archived data to less expensive storage, data migration projects are a fact of IT life. Fortunately, Novell Storage Manager can automate storage migrations quickly and easily through the policies that you create. Moving storage from one device to another is as simple as changing a policy path and then initiating the migration request.
Making sure that network storage disk space is always available can be a constant challenge. It often requires moving older data from more expensive primary storage devices to less expensive secondary or tertiary backup storage devices. However, that can make files difficult to locate. Novell Storage Manager records and maintains the managed data path of each file, so you always know where to find it.
Novell Storage Manager lets you set up policies that automate the transition of home directories of employees that leave the company. You can configure rules to automatically vault storage, defer the cleanup of storage for a set number of days, or queue the storage to a defined manager. There are also options for moving a former employee's status to inactive.
Allocates storage based on role
Different roles in an organization often have different storage needs, including network home directory storage space required for the organization's various roles. A user's role also determines what kind of group storage access the user needs. Novell Storage Manager automates the creation of user storage based on role and grants access to group storage areas automatically.
Prevents users from storing file types
Most organizations have written policies stating what types of files can and cannot be stored on network storage resources. Unfortunately, enforcement of these policies must be done manually and are often delayed or ignored. Novell Storage Manager lets you create and store policies on allowable file types and then removes the prohibited files automatically.
Takes a green approach
Thanks to the full lifecycle management of user and group storage, you can automatically move and dispose of stored content. In essence, you are recycling network hardware disk space. Novell Storage Manager requires no additional hardware, keeping your network server power consumption at a minimum.