Cisco CVLT File Optimization License
Cisco CVLT File Optimization licensing provides essential capabilities for managing and optimizing file data across your non-virtualized environments, ensuring efficient storage utilization.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced file optimization features.
- Billing Model: Recurring subscription ensures continuous access to software updates and support.
- Platform Applicability: Designed for non-virtualized file storage systems.
- Key Value: Enables efficient data management, potential cost savings on storage, and improved file access performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Cisco platform software license, specifically a subscription for CVLT File Optimization. It is designed to enhance the management and efficiency of file data within non-virtualized environments, per terabyte of front-end capacity.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to optimize their file storage infrastructure. It integrates into existing file server environments to improve data handling and storage utilization.
- File Optimization: Unlocks features to reduce data footprint and improve storage efficiency.
- Subscription Access: Provides continuous access to the latest software features and updates.
- Capacity-Based Licensing: Scales with your data needs, licensed per front-end terabyte.
- Non-Virtual Environment Focus: Tailored for direct file server deployments.
- Data Management Enhancement: Improves file access times and storage resource allocation.
This Cisco license offers SMB and mid-market teams a cost-effective way to enhance their file storage performance and management without enterprise-level infrastructure investment.
What This Enables
Enable efficient file data management
Enable teams to reduce redundant data and optimize storage capacity on file servers. Streamline file access and improve overall data retrieval performance for critical business applications.
on-premises file servers, direct-attached storage, business-critical file shares, SMB IT environments, mid-market IT departments
Optimize storage costs
Streamline storage resource allocation by identifying and reducing duplicate or unneeded file data. Automate optimization processes to lower overall storage infrastructure expenses and improve ROI.
growing data volumes, budget-conscious IT, on-premises infrastructure, capacity planning, data lifecycle management
Enhance file access performance
Enable teams to improve the speed at which users can access and retrieve files from network storage. Support business operations that rely on fast and reliable file access for daily tasks.
user-facing applications, collaborative workflows, remote office file access, performance-sensitive data, business continuity
Key Features
File Deduplication and Compression
Reduces the physical storage space required for files, leading to significant cost savings on hardware and capacity.
Intelligent Data Tiering
Automatically moves less frequently accessed data to lower-cost storage tiers, optimizing performance and cost.
Subscription-based licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and support without large upfront capital expenditure.
Per Front-End TB licensing model
Allows businesses to license based on their actual data capacity needs, offering scalability and cost control.
Optimized for Non-Virtual Environments
Delivers enhanced file management capabilities directly on physical file servers, ideal for specific infrastructure setups.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions manage vast amounts of sensitive data and require efficient, compliant storage solutions to handle transactional records and client information.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle large, often unstructured, client files that require secure, accessible, and cost-effective storage solutions.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers generate significant operational data, design files, and supply chain information that needs efficient storage and quick retrieval for production and planning.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers manage extensive patient records and research data, necessitating optimized storage for compliance and accessibility while controlling costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco CVLT File Optimization?
Cisco CVLT File Optimization is a software solution designed to enhance the efficiency of file storage in non-virtualized environments. It uses techniques like deduplication and compression to reduce data footprint and improve access speeds.
What does 'per FE TB-S' mean?
This refers to the licensing metric: per Front-End Terabyte, on a Subscription basis. It means the license is priced based on the amount of data capacity your file servers present to users, and it is billed on a recurring subscription model.
Who is the target customer for this license?
This license is intended for businesses, particularly SMBs and mid-market companies, that operate their own file servers and need to optimize storage utilization and performance. It is not for IT service providers.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.