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NTP Software Quota & File Sentinel^TM Specifications

Take Control Of Your Network's Most Expensive Resource
Disk space is your server's most expensive subsystem. By enforcing disk space limits on directories, shares and servers, you can:

• Control how much your users consume
• Manage what data and/or file types your users put on your servers and storage devices
• Get real-time data on storage performance and load

NTP Software Quota & File Sentinel enables you to enforce appropriate usage policies, so you can preserve system performance and availability for everyone.

What’s New In Quota & File Sentinel 5.0?
NTP Software’s Quota & File Sentinel™ (QFS) version 5.0 has several enhancements that will significantly extend the ability of administrators to manage complex storage environments. The primary focus of QFS version 5.0 is to provide greater control, more thorough reporting, and improved flexibility.

• Full support of Windows® 2003
• Integration with NTP Software QFS Modeling & Analysis™
• Incorporation of NTP Software Storage Investigator™
• Enhanced Automation Extensions to NTP Software Self-Managing Storage™
• Increased Security
• Full HIPAA Compliance
• Improved Network Performance
• NTP Software Admin Reports™
• Network Appliance® Functionality
  

Included are some existing highlights that continue to separate Quota & File Sentinel from other Storage Resource Management solutions in the marketplace:

• Setting of unlimited relative quotas
• Monitoring volume utilization
• Setting quotas on specific file types
• Viewing creator and last modifier of a policy
• Controlling the amount of access specified administrators have over various container levels
• Supports Active Directory™ and LDAP email resolution
• Supports HTML email and triggering reminder messages
• Disk and File Quota Policies with up to 200 thresholds per policy
• Push installation throughout your enterprise with no server reboot required
• Flexible filtering on File Control Policies
• Configurable policy-based rules management, quickly inherited anywhere in your organization
• Temporary policies for roaming users and consultants
• Policies for prohibiting, auditing, or limiting access to any specified file type (for example: MPEG, MP3, GIF, VBS)
• Integration with a variety of Tape Backup and Archiving solutions
• In-depth Reporting Module and Web Reporting Engine

Save Time And Money On Network Administration
The last thing a highly skilled network administrator wants to do is argue with users about space. With Quota & File Sentinel, the system polices itself. Users are notified and reminded as they near their limits, file system contamination is automatically prevented, and temporary storage areas effectively maintain themselves.  


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Policy-Based Systems Administration
It still takes knowledgeable personnel significant amounts of time to distribute and maintain configurations of server-based applications on a large network. With this in mind, Quota & File Sentinel was built upon Enterprise Application Services Extension™ (EASE) technology, which automatically replicates stored configuration properties to any managed server. The EASE unified management infrastructure supports policy-based systems administration and can manage 1,000 servers as though they were only 1.

Additionally, EASE-enabled applications continue to function unchanged as they move across operating platforms, facilitating a simpler migration from Windows NT to Windows 2000.

As a result of EASE technology, administrators will find it easy to develop and enforce sound storage management policies. Quota & File Sentinel with EASE enables you to:

• Implement and enforce policies for storage consumption
• Change or create exceptions to your policies
• Review reports to audit policies and system compliance

Reduce The Chance Of Viruses And Bootleg Software
Quota & File Sentinel can block the damage that would be caused by viruses. It can also help you prevent users from spending their time filling up your servers with MP3 files and other unlicensed software.

Get The Data You Need For Cost Allocation And Planning
Discover which users and groups are consuming the majority of your storage resources and driving the need for increased capacity.

Don't Live With Unnecessary Risk
Your server's disks are like the hall closet-the messier they are, the longer it takes to find anything. Quota & File Sentinel will pay for itself many times over in the time saved by your users and network administrators, and you'll gain peace of mind from knowing that your systems are protected from misuse.