Storage Audit

The Challenge

The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the volume of digital data being captured, processed, stored and manipulated fuelling a huge increase in demand for secure data storage. Managing and maintaining an agile storage infrastructure can be challenging at best. Accurate and relevant information is key to planning your infrastructure requirements. How good is your information?

Can you accurately answer the questions below?

How much storage do you have?
- How much duplicate data do you store?
- What is your utilisation rate?
- How can storage growth be forecasted?
- Who is using the most space?
- Which files aren’t backed up?
- When was each file last accessed?
- Which files can be deleted?
- Which files can be archived?

The Solution

Whether you need to run, grow or transform your business, the Aspire Professional Services Team can help. A detailed analysis of your storage environment, supported with comprehensive documentation will give you an in-depth view of your current and future needs.

The audit will identify appropriate storage topologies to cost- effectively meet your business needs, the type and quantity of storage devices required, the level of redundancy needed to achieve your availability goals, and the means to achieve the scalability demanded by your business.

Data Duplication Levels

It is not uncommon for single site data storage to reach hundreds of gigabytes or tens of terabytes. Much of this space is taken up by duplicate or redundant files. The Storage Audit will help you to identify these files and identify how much storage you actually need, including recommendations for remedial measures to ensure that data storage remains efficient.