As organizations deploy a growing number of applications with increasing data volumes, many data centers face significant challenges to manage their storage costs. Originally, the concept of tiered storage simply meant that each application was deployed with its own storage matched to the requirements of the application (such as cost, performance, and capacity). Unfortunately, this practice is inherently inefficient as a series of dedicated, siloed systems creates management complexity while preventing the full utilization of existing storage assets.

BlueArc offers an integrated solution that supports multiple data tiers optimized for different tasks or applications. Additionally, Intelligent Tiered Storage functionality provides organizations with a seamless method for consolidating and automatically managing this data through its lifecycle.