SpaceGuard SRM

Return on Investment

The Challenge

Increasing storage demands require effective methods to regulate and control disk space usage. Users tend to quickly fill up all their available space with Internet downloads, MP3 and video files, e-mail attachments and their documents. Simply expanding storage capacity will not solve this problem, as it will only add another point of failure, more operational costs and additional back up requirements.

Several factors contributing to disk space shortage include: low cost per hard disk, increased use of e-mail with large size attachments, increased internet download speeds resulting in more MP3 and MPEG file downloads. All of these factors lead to a drain on network admin resources: manpower and hardware.

The Solution

By implementing SpaceGuard SRM network admins will be able to easily enforce disk space quotas, saving the company both time and money. New servers and back up hard drives will not have to be purchased as regularly to keep up with the growing demands of space consumption by network users.

SpaceGuard SRM’s ability to fully integrate with Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange allows network admins to save time by implementing pop-up and e-mail warning notifications when users are approaching their quota limits, letting the end-user and system manager know that the user is approaching their limit and if they do not wish to have their account locked out they will need to clean up their directory. Policies can be updated quickly, allowing the network admin to modify a user’s quota on the spot and implement it immediately.

Immediate Benefits: SpaceGuard SRM will save network administrators time by managing disk space on all hard drives and directories within their network. SpaceGuard effectively manages end-user quotas, restricting access to drives once a user has gone over their pre-set quota and sending out alarm and warning notices when users are nearing their pre-set limits. SpaceGuard’s ability to efficiently block unwanted file extensions also assists in preventing end-users from downloading undesirable file types, and can also prevent the potential download of viruses.