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Northern Storage Suite is a software solution that enables organizations to control the use of storage resources; specifically the way in which users exploit this resource.

As much as 60% of the unstructured data accumulated, and accumulating, on your storage infrastructure is of no strategic value. Northern Storage Suite provides you with the tools needed to control the user behaviour that leads to this storage misuse; changing user attitudes towards storing private, duplicate, triplicate, obsolete and other low value files.

Disk Quotas	Soft Quotas: use quotas simply to trigger notifications Hard Quotas: set hard ceilings for users and disk objects User Quotas: control usage by user in department shares Directory Quotas: set quotas on individual directories File Block: prevent specific file types from being saved File Allow: only allow specific file types to be saved Interface: information-rich and customizable
End User Interaction	Report to users: show files that could be safely deleted Interactive reports: allow action directly within reports Timely reports: send a user her report at quota threshold Secure reports: run in the user's security context
Reporting	Drill-down interface: from overview to specific bottleneck Scheduled reporting: regular updates on areas of interest User reports: list all files owned by a specific account Binary format reports: list all renamed MP3 files Exchange reports: report on mailbox size Duplicate file reports: across the network or share level
Forecasting	Usage history: at all drill-down levels including file types Projections: project usage for hosts, volumes and users Near full: list volumes with dangerous growth rates
Analytics	Warning flags: draw attention for immediate action Warning flags: point to where future problems will lie Action recommendations: outline viable strategies
Chargeback	Financial reports: spread awareness of the financial costs Strict billing: spread payable invoice for storage service Cost centers: charge for usage by user, group, OU, path Data sources: file system, exchange, quota
Automation	Open process: replace hidden scripts with open process Scheduled cleanup: nightly removal of MP4 files Scheduled move: monthly zip and move of old files Immediate mail: watch for changes in a webpage

Northern Storage Suite is a Windows-based software solution that supports Windows cluster, HP PolyServe, HP StorageWorks, SAN devices when connected to a Windows host, all CIFS compliant NAS devices and has dedicated support for NetApp NAS and EMC Celerra.

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