PAC Software, a developer of software tools for system management, has released Folderscape, a management tool for NetApp storage systems that was developed through PAC Software’s membership in the NetApp partner program.
Folderscape helps customers manage NetApp storage systems with features such as creating, configuring, and re-sizing aggregates, volumes, and LUNs.
It also allows routine maintenance of Snapshot copies, quotas, users, groups, qtrees, folders and files.
One of the innovative features of Folderscape is that it displays files in different colours when they are also in snapshot copies, allowing users to quickly understand what has changed.
A simple right-click of the mouse can be used to restore files.
According to Network Appliance, the NetApp partner program is designed to enable NetApp advantage partners like PAC software to provide additional management functionality on NetApp storage.
According to Pac Software, this is a terrific program. It allows PAC and NetApp to work together to create highly effective products for customers.
The functions in Folderscape are provided through a friendly, Windows-oriented graphical user interface. This interface makes the software immediately familiar and easy to use.
It also shows the storage structure in a graphical way, which helps reduce the learning curve for new users.