F5 ARX intelligent file virtualization simplifies how your file data is accessed, moved, and managed. Data management policies help you match the business value of your data to the cost of its storage. Smart storage tiering moves your files automatically and without disruption or downtime, while dynamic capacity balancing improves overall utilization of your existing storage resources. ARX is available in a range of hardware devices and as a virtual edition.
Simplify data management
ARX virtualizes your file storage infrastructure so user access to files is no longer dependent on their physical location. You define policies to automate where data is stored and how frequently it is backed up.
- Give users fast access to files.
- Optimize the storage environment according to your needs.
Migrate data non-disruptively
You can’t avoid data migrations. But you can avoid disrupting users with system downtime when you move data. ARX file virtualization enables you to:
- Preserve user access to files before, during, and after any migration with ARX Global Namespace.
- Reorganize how data is stored without reconfiguring client systems.
- Perform even complex migration and consolidation projects in up to 90 percent less time.
Reduce storage costs
When the volume of your data grows faster than your budget, it’s time to rethink your storage strategy. Take full advantage of your existing storage through intelligent storage tiering and dynamic capacity balancing.
- Seamlessly integrate lower-cost storage into your infrastructure.
- Automatically tier files to the proper location based on policy.
- Increase storage efficiency and better utilize capacity that you already have.
- Integrate cost-effective public and private cloud storage without losing control.
Reduce backup times and costs
Backing up unchanged data doesn’t make sense. ARX helps you scale your backups in relation to data growth and change.
Using ARX, you can customize backup processes and create one large virtual file system for storage efficiency while maintaining small physical file systems for quick backups. With the right policies and infrastructure, you can reduce redundant backups, decrease backup times, and stop shopping for backup media.
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