SunGard Data Profiling
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Sungard Availability Services offers a Data Profiling Service to help organizations manage their data by identifying which data is critical and which can be deleted, archived, or retained. This service reduces recovery time, costs, and disruptions, aligning data storage with business needs and providing trend analysis for better data capacity management. The process involves profiling windows file shares, documenting findings, and delivering reports to aid organizations in proactive data management.
SunGard Data Profiling
- 1. AVAILABILITY SERVICES Taking control DATA PROFILING SERVICE of your data Data is the lifeblood of every Many organisations recognise they have large amounts of non-critical data stored on a range organisation. It needs to be of devices, but lack the time and resource to available and recoverable if an identify relevant data and eliminate irrelevant data. organisation is going to thrive. The key issues organisations have to think However as the quantity of data about are: explodes, the management What data can be deleted? overhead causes many problems What data can be archived? What is the right hierarchical storage for busy IT staff, struggling model for the organisation? within constrained budgets and How secure is the storage model? reducing backup windows. Can the organisation achieve its RPOs and RTOs? Benefits at a glance To help organisations address these issues, Reduces the amount of data that needs to be SunGard Availability Services offers the Data managed, allowing organisations to: Profiling Service. Reduce the time, cost and disruption involved in recovering the organisation SunGard’s Data Profiling Service Ensure business critical data is recovered The service allows organisations to review the within the defined Recovery Point data held in Windows environments, enabling Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time them to determine their value to the business Objectives (RTOs) and to identify those which can be deleted, Fully align data storage and management archived or retained in the live environment. to the needs of the business Identify the right hierarchical storage model for the organisation.
- 2. DATA PROFILING SERVICE Taking control of your data Trend Analysis SunGard’s Data Profiling Service can be extended to deliver trend analysis reporting over a defined period of time, so managers can get a broader view of how the data environment is growing and changing, which delivers: Proactive management of data Capacity planning and management Improving budget control A stronger negotiation position with vendors. What does it involve? A SunGard Consultant will scope the Windows file shares to be profiled and arrange a site visit The consultant will visit site, install and configure an appliance server onto the network CIFS fileshares (read-only) are mounted onto the appliance server Appliance is left onsite until all shares have been scanned Consultant documents findings in a report detailing: – Top ten file types by extension (quantity, capacity) per share – Top ten file types by extension (quantity, capacity) overall – Quantity and size of files by Last Accessed Time – Quantity and size of files by Last Modified Time – Quantity of files with same name The report is sent to you accompanied by the raw data files for your reference. . United Kingdom & European Head Office, 12-13 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane West, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 7BW 0800 143 413 infoavail@sungard.com www.sungard.co.uk © 2010 SunGard Availability Services SunGard and the SunGard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the US and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. V1:09/10