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Product Mission and Key Benefits
Novell’s File System Factory is a revolutionary policy driven file-system management
solution that unites Novell’s industry leading directory service eDirectory with the
legendary NetWare file system. The connection of eDirectory identities with directory
based storage management polices for creating personal and collaborative storage
delivers the industry’s only identity based storage management solution.
Product Mission
The mission of File System Factory™ is to unite an organization’s user identities with
their storage system to deliver a full lifecycle identity based storage management solution
that completely automates the load balanced creation, management, and deletion of
personal and collaborative disk space.
The major objective of Novell File System Factory is to create a storage management
subsystem to back these Administrator instructions:
1. Install some disk storage.
2. Point your new or existing tree at the new storage.
3. Sit back and relax.
Identity Based Storage Management Solution
Novell File System Factory is a key component of Novell’s Secure Identity Management
solution set. File System Factory provides new and dynamic levels of automation and
management for NetWare file services, which to this point have not been possible. File
System Factory enables policy-based lifecycle provisioning and de-provisioning of
personal and group storage. As a result, your business can simplify access and
management of storage, based on users' identities. Regardless of how you create, move or
delete user and group accounts in the directory, Novell File System Factory responds to
these events by automatically creating, moving or deleting disk storage on NetWare. With
File System Factory, your business can effortlessly keep pace with the storage demands of
a busy, large-scale organization and reduce support costs.
Providing personal and collaborative storage on a network can be a very valuable.
However, providing and managing storage for each user and group on your network can
become a major headache for your overburdened IT department. Fortunately, with File
System Factory™, you can provide the storage users expect (and genuinely need) while
significantly reducing the headache—and cost—of creating and managing that storage.
Storage Solution for all Environments
File System Factory™ unites the NetWare® file system that is an integral part of many
real-world eDirectory implementations with the eDirectory automation that these identity
provisioning solutions provide. File System Factory™ is designed to provide an
immediate benefit in managing network storage for any enterprise, no matter what the
current situation:
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New Tree – No User Home Directories
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If you are just starting out, File System Factory™ can give your new
users managed home directory space with little effort on your part.
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Existing Tree – No User Home Directories
Novell File System Factory™ Administrator’s Guide
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