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Northern Parklife

Northern Gold Partner

Northern Storage Suite, managing user data.

Northern Parklife’s Northern Storage Suite is a software solution that resolves the technical and managerial issues associated with storing user-generated data, issues that are crucial and becoming more complex as the amount of stored data grows with more than 60% year-on-year.

Version 8 of Northern Storage Suite available from 101 Data Solutions Northern Gold Partner is a major new release, the greatest since the launch of the Suite in 2003, with more than 1,000 innovations and changes. Not only does version 8 offer increased quota and reporting functionality, as well as increased NAS support, Northern Storage Suite V8 pushes the boundaries for what an SRM tool can do.

MORE THAN 1,000 INNOVATIONS… Version 8 offers a great number of new additions such as:

  • Graphical reporting for a faster and more accurate information delivery
  • Smart Quota Columns, allowing you to retrieve Active Directory data in the quota view for faster mass and micro management
  • Set Quota Wizard, a smarter and more efficient tool for designing and implementing quotas
  • New reports based on Exchange mailbox size and NSS quota size and/or usage

SMART AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES This powerful fourth-generation solution offers the ability to implement intelligent SRM strategies in heterogeneous environments managing various storage systems such as Windows, SAN and NAS devices from a single location. As a scalable solution, it offers granular control over enterprise-wide storage environments, allowing for organizations to match strategies with their specific needs.

Northern Storage Suite requires minimum administration, yet achieves dramatic results – the reason why over 28,000 organizations have chosen Northern’s software solutions. This strong customer base includes such demanding companies as Microsoft, Boeing, ABN Amro, FujitsuSiemens, U.S. Army and AT&T.

NORTHERN STORAGE SUITE’S COMPLEMENTARY PARTS:

At a more technical level Northern Storage Suite is comprised of five key areas of functionality, each offered through a dedicated workspace, click on the icons below to learn more:

Northern Parklife reports-and-trendingStorage Reporter – Identifying usage patterns, trends and forecasts ->

Northern Parklife automationStorage Assistant – Automated clean-up, scheduled replication->

Northern Parklife quotas-allocationQuota Server – Controlling data quantities at directory, group & user->

Northern Parklife user-interactionStorage Portal – User reports showing largest, oldest, duplicate files->

Northern Parklife data-charge-backStorage Chargeback – Billing & reporting to spread cost awareness->

Each of these feature sets offer an extensive depth of functionality within a specific focus area and individual features can be applied to achieve valuable tactical results. Storage quotas can be used to prevent directories from exceeding a specific size for example, or binary file-type reports can be used to identify users who are renaming unwanted files.

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contact-101-data-solutionsContact 101 Data Solutions for a Northern Storage Suite quotation or call +44(0)845 2936 101