SUMMARY STORAGE REPORT AND QUOTA SERVER COST JUSTIFICATION
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Report Date |
03/10/2006
12:41:04 |
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Server:
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FILESTORE |
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Domain:
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SERVAPLEX
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Disk
Capacity: |
186.3 GB |
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Used Disk
Space: |
68.6 GB |
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Free Disk
Space: |
117.7 GB |
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Free Disk
Space [%]: |
63.17% |
Comment:
Implementing Storage Policies cannot only help you by restricting usage
on disks, but you can also benefit from different kinds of alerts and
alarms, you can for instance make sure that you're always warned when a
disk is growing dangerously close to full.
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Nr. of Media
Files*: |
1 |
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Total size of
Media Files: |
3.9 MB |
Example: One
particular user had a total of 1 media files in her home folder.
Comment: Using Storage Policies, you can block certain files types
(or groups of file types) from being saved. You might, for instance,
want to restrict the use of media files like films, music, or photos,
etc.
* Media Files = files with the file extension mp3, mpg, mpeg or avi.
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Nr. of User
Folders: |
176 |
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Nr. over
Quota: |
24 |
[The
suggested user quota is: 100.0 MB] |
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Nr. over
Quota [%]: |
13.64% |
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Total disk
overdraft by these User Folders: |
8.9 GB |
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Example: One
user had a whopping 2.8 GB stored in her home folder.
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Nr. of files
owned by Inactive Accounts: |
0 |
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Inactive
Accounts disk usage: |
0 MB |
Recommendation: You should start by implementing 'soft' quotas
using threshold-driven e-mail messages to educate the users on storage
economy and on how to save space. When the initial Storage Policies have
settled in you can expand by implementing file blocking policies,
policy-based clean-up jobs or a storage portal on the web, which helps
users to save space.
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Nr. of Huge
Files: |
48 |
[Files with a
size of over 50MB.] |
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Most
space-consuming file type: |
.exe |
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Non-backuped
files: |
13897 |
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Reclaimed
disk space with disk quotas: |
8.9 GB |
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Reclaimed
disk space by not allowing users to store media files on server: |
3.9 MB |
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Reclaimed
disk space by removing data owned by users that has left:
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0 MB |
 TOTAL: |
8.9 GB |
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Reclaimed
disk space by Quota Server policies in percentage of total disk:
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4.77% |
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Selected cost
estimation per GB: |
$15 |
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Selected Disk
Quota Level: |
100.0 MB |
According to respected analysts, the real cost for managing storage,
including tasks such as backup/restore operations, inventory operations,
configuration, maintenance work, etc is 3.3 times the cost of acquiring
the storage hardware.
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Total
reclaimed storage hardware: |
8.9 GB |
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Cost
estimation per GB: |
$15 |
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Actual
storage cost: |
3.3 x $15 |
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TOTAL
COST SAVING PER YEAR: |
$439.98 |
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Investment
Cost [Single Server license of NORTHERN's Quota Server]:
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$895 |
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RETURN
ON INVESTMENT [895/439.98X12MONTHS˜24]: |
24 MONTHS |
The cost justification calculation above is of course a rough estimation
- an example of what Quota Server can earn back to your storage
resources for the server you scanned. Generally, the cost of acquiring a
SRM software is justified much quicker since it drastically slashes both
the long-term and short-term management costs.
I want more details on how to make a more careful ROI calculation.
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