File Level Analytics Overview

You can use the File Level Analytics Report to view a list of all objects in your tape library. This report can help you to analyze disk usage for space reclamation.

To view statistical information about unstructured data, such as files and emails, see Data Analytics.

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Supported Agents

The File Level Analytics Report is supported only for File System agents. The File Level Analytics Report does not display information about virtual machines.

You can use the File Level Analytics Report only for the following agents:

  • NDMP

  • UNIX

  • Windows

Applications of the File Level Analytics Report

The File Level Analytics Report is helpful in the following scenarios:

  • Archive Prediction

  • Offline Data Analysis

Archive Prediction

You can use the File Level Analytics Report to predict how much space would be saved if files meeting a specific criteria are archived, such as files that have not been accessed for a long time, files that are really big in size, files that are accessed recently.

The report below shows list of files that were modified at a certain time and have a specific Size:

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Offline Data Analysis

File Level Analytics can help in predicting how much space is consumed on backup disk based on certain filters.

The report below displays files with that are not modified in the last 1 month and have not been accessed in the last 5 days.

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