| Efficient storage capacity reporting is something IT | | | | A reporting solution can track and map out the amount |
| departments need in order to address business | | | | of data space consumption across the storage array |
| requirements without straining the IT budget. When | | | | and at the host level. This allows administrators to |
| businesses grow, their consumption of data space | | | | identify areas where there is available unused space, |
| grows as well. Their IT budget, however, does not | | | | and to maximize it instead of buying new storage. |
| necessarily accommodate increased demand for | | | | The reporting solution can also help IT administrators |
| storage. IT administrators must maximize their current | | | | identify future data management needs based on |
| data space utilization without affecting performance. | | | | current and previous allocation and usage. |
| In order to maximize resources, IT administrators need | | | | The reporting solution also helps IT administrators |
| to be able to view both the amount of space allocated | | | | ensure that enterprise applications are allocated the |
| to each department as well as the actual consumption | | | | right amount of data storing space. The solution can |
| of data space An end-to-end reporting and | | | | enable administrators to identify applications that are at |
| management solution enables IT administrators to do | | | | risk of running out of storage. This helps administrators |
| this. The right solution provides administrators a 360 | | | | address those problems efficiently before they start to |
| degree view of storage capacity and consumption | | | | affect the rest of the enterprise. |
| across all areas of their IT environment. | | | | With the right storage capacity reporting solution, |
| There are a few ways in which a reporting solution | | | | administrators can manage the data backup |
| can help IT administrators reduce costs by delaying | | | | environment efficiently and keep IT spending down. |
| the purchase of additional data storing space: | | | | |