HP StorageWorks 4000s HP OpenView Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Ser - Page 16

Managing capacity with Storage Builder and NAS file screening Managing capacity with Storage Builder and NAS file screening The NAS 4000s and 9000s offer a file screening feature that lets you limit or monitor files based on their extensions. By combining these file screening capabilities with the reporting features of Storage Builder you can manage your storage resources more efficiently. Note: File screening is not available on the NAS b3000 or e7000. For example, you want to determine how much storage space is consumed by unwanted media files, such as .mp3 files. To do this, you can use Storage Builder to generate a Junk Files report that collects information about .mp3 files on the NAS host. You generate this report from the Capacity panel for the NAS host (see Figure 3 on page 13). Figure 5 shows a sample Junk Files report, which indicates that the NAS server, ssd-2lq-34, has a small number of unwanted files in the E:/CZ/Music directory. Figure 5: Storage Builder Junk Files report To prevent users from storing additional .mp3 and other media files on the NAS server, use the NAS server software to set up a file screening policy (see Figure 6). For information on starting the NAS software, see "Launching the NAS server software" on page 10. Figure 6: NAS File Screening page 16 Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes