The Butterfly Storage Analysis Engine (AER) uses light-touch, agentless software technology to assess your existing heterogeneous data storage environment. A non-intrusive analysis completed in minutes using empirical data retrieved from your live environment.

The AER:

• shows you the efficiency of your storage environment
• maps out the steps you need to take to deal with anticipated requirements of the next three years with operational expansion – but without costly or redundant overheads
• recommendations are made based on contemporary applicable technology
• builds a target environment based on this bespoke mapping of your needs and existing situation.
• builds a high level project workflow, which, using the Butterfly Migration Engine, shows how automated migration can be achieved by intelligently and dynamically evaluating and relocating data from the source environment to the target environment.

The AER report shows an example comparison of a current environment with a recommended proposed infrastructure, and presents both a business case and a migration schedule.

TCO

To complete the picture the AER provides a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over a 36-month period, comparing the hardware infrastructure and showing the operational benefits. These cover utilisation efficiencies in power, hardware, CO² emissions, financial and operational savings of moving to the target infrastructure.

Fast & Clear

The Butterfly Analysis Engine performs this operation quickly and non-disruptively. Findings are presented in an easily understood, graphical format supported by tabulated details that enable you to compare and appreciate the business costs and exposure to risks in both the current and the proposed storage environments.  This comprehensive information allows you to confidently make informed acquisition and migration decisions based on real-time empirical evidence.

• Visualise the size and complexity of your current storage environment
• Analyse your exposure to risk and test your RTO and RPO objectives
• Process Butterfly Metrics™ from up to 4000 raw data indicators
• Highlight risk and performance indicators across your complete backup infrastructure
• Directly compare current and potential storage environments, even across proprietary systems
• Investigate strategic options and compare alternative configurations
• Utilise real, empirical data not guesstimates
• Comprehensive, easy to read, single pane report
• A business case that supports your migration project plans
• Delivers a roadmap for the consolidation and migration of all legacy data