A graphical view of storage policy

June 5, 2009:NTP Software has launched the QFS System Dashboard (QSD) to provide a graphical and tabular view of the impact of storage policies. It also identifies trends in end-users’ compliance and can show when one or more policies are creating a hardship for storage users with valid needs.

It is designed to to allow storage administrators to get a snapshot of their users’ status relative to policy and to project this forward into the future.

QSD provides current statistics and historical trends relating to the interaction between end-users, storage resources, and the organization’s storage policies. QSD provides summary information and trends by user, policy, or system, across all of a company’s storage platforms. By extrapolating the trend lines, customers can anticipate the future impact of their storage policies, and see what changes might be appropriate.

The NTP Software QFS System Dashboard (QSD) will be included with the next release and future versions of QFS at no additional charge.