Northern Storage Suite for EMC^® released!
Based on a tight integration with Celerra technology, Northern Storage Suite for EMC brings state-of-the-art Content Quota Management and Storage Resource Management to EMC Celerra.

With data growth rates soaring, intelligent management of high performance hardware becomes equally as important as having reliable and scalable storage in place. Through its best practice functionality, Northern Storage Suite for EMC offers Content Quota Management that allows administrators to customize their storage policies to fit the organizations needs.
Specifically, Northern Storage Suite for EMC delivers:

• Storage Quotas: Hard control over directory size and usage by user, or soft control for monitored growth and enhanced accountability
• File Blocking: Preventing specific file types from being saved, extension-based real-time scanning and scheduled binary-level scanning preserve system performance
• User Self-management: Distribution of interactive user-centric reports that detail an individual user’s largest, oldest, duplicate and media files
• Enterprise-wide Reporting: Identification of how resources are currently being used and how they will be used in the future; regular updates, analysis and strategy recommendations
• Automation and Data Migration: Automate archiving, schedule regular cleanup jobs that delete or move unwanted data, keeping the network clutter free.
• Storage Chargeback: Billing and reporting to spread cost awareness and encourage storage efficiency