File Archiving
Agent Datasheet
File Archiving Agent
BridgeHead’s File Archiving Agent allows hospitals to create policies to identify
content that could be better or more efficiently managed. Typically, this will
mean removing older content from a primary storage system to a lower tier, less
expensive storage environment. However, the File Archiving Agent ensures that
users or applications are unimpeded by this relocation of content by honouring any
previous links to that data - with no loss of performance or functionality.
The File Archiving Agent also ‘arranges’ content more efficiently and applies
full text and meta-data indexing for rapid discovery at a later date.
KEY FEATURES
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Archiving Agents available for
Windows, Linux & NetApp
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Works alongside Windows,
Linux & NetApp Backup
Agents to optimize
backup cycles
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Simple, effective policy engine
to locate and action items
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Supports virtual files for
maximum efficiency when
integrating with applications
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Freespace monitor to reclaim
space from archived files,
when required
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Full content indexing for over
250+ document types
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Web GUIs for easy
content searching
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Creates data profile reports
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Inbuilt retention
management & legal hold
policy engine
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Integrates with the
core HDM Platform
Technical Overview
BridgeHead’s File Archiving Agent gives hospitals a simple policy interface to locate content that is a
candidate to be repositioned for more efficient storage. Typically this is old content or content deemed
too sensitive to be left in its current location.
Limited support for other file
systems (e.g. Netware)
STORE PROTECT SHARE
Once content has been identified it can be:
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moved or copied to a new location
deleted from the existing location and/or audited
replaced by a stub or virtual file
indexed and placed under retention management.
Stubs and Virtual Files
Using stubs is already a well understood concept supported by both Windows and Linux. It sees the original
large file being replaced by a small stub file, dramatically reducing the size of the original file system When a
stub is accessed the File Archiving Agent recalls the file contents.
However, some systems struggle with the massive number of files they have to work with - in this
scenario, stubbing does not solve the problem. For Windows, BridgeHead’s File Archiving Agent tackles
this by implementing virtual files. Virtual files allow the original source content to be completely removed.
However, when an application tries to recall that content, the Agent instantly intercepts the request and
recreates the file where it is opened normally. It should be noted that Virtual File Support (VFS) is only
used for integration with applications that have their own catalog of files.
Web Search Interface
BridgeHead’s File Archiving Agent provides end users with a simple and intuitive search interface. This allows
content to be found by location or by using the free text search facility. This is delivered via web browser to
ensure lowest costs of ownership.
With 20 years’ experience in data
and storage management, and 10
years in healthcare, BridgeHead
Software is trusted by over 1,000
hospitals worldwide.
Today, BridgeHead Software helps
healthcare facilities overcome
challenges stemming from rising
data volumes and increasing
storage costs while delivering peace
of mind around how to STORE,
PROTECT and SHARE clinical and
administrative information.
Is Your Data Under Control?
In order for hospitals to manage their data, they must first understand it i.e. know what they have and how it’s
used. Only then is it possible to write an effective data policy using the File Archiving Agent. To help determine the
level of old content within a file system, and how it could be better managed, BridgeHead’s FileScan utility is a free
download (available at http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/resources/category/file_scan/ ) that helps profile a
hospital’s data – estimating, at a very early stage, how it can be managed more efficiently and effectively.
Functional Specification
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Policies can be run over CIFS and NFS shares
Stubbing actions supported on the following environments:
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Windows 2003/2008
Windows 7
Windows XP
Linux
NetApp
BridgeHead’s core services run on Windows Servers – 2003 or 2008, 32 or 64 bit
For more information on how BridgeHead Software can help lower the cost and
administrative burden of managing your healthcare data, contact us at:
[email protected] or visit us at: www.bridgeheadsoftware.com
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and control over the way data is
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