PR Newswire, Dec 1, 2009
4th-generation SRM software outperforms traditional database systems by orders of magnitude, reducing conventional hardware dependence
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Intermine, provider of enterprise-wide storage resource management (SRM) solutions, today announced the formal market release of FileCensus 4.4, the latest version of Intermine’s flagship product, innovative SRM software that performs data discovery at a level previously unattainable and empowers IT administrators to efficiently manage file growth by visualizing opportunities for space acquisition and effective file movement.
FileCensus is an incredibly scalable, highly compressed, and high performing read-only database that uses data collected from all files in an organization’s storage environment (Storage Area Network [SAN]) to provide data management efficiencies that improve a company’s storage situation, optimize resources, and avoid the significant cost of hardware dependence. FileCensus eliminates system overloads by revealing where file bottlenecks exist, pinpointing the types of files clogging the system, and demonstrating how file storage can be streamlined to yield greater efficiencies and cost savings. These data management practices enable IT administrators to reclaim up to 60% of a storage environment.
“We examined how data quickly grows in an organization and understood it would become impractical to store and manage billions of records collected each day on file systems in a traditional database,” explains Martyn McKean, CEO of Intermine. “FileCensus helps supply the knowledge you need without the drawbacks of traditional methods, which add to the problem by creating too much information.”
While traditional database systems can manage the billions of records that are added to a company’s storage system on a daily basis, the cost to report on that company’s meta-data would be prohibitively expensive when factoring implementation, infrastructure, and management costs.
Also, traditional processes use a “survey” concept where the data collected is limited to a pre- defined scope
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