Learn about BlueXP economic efficiency
Suggest changes
PDFs
BlueXP economic efficiency assesses your storage assets with current or forecasted low capacity. The service provides recommendations on data tiering options that meet your business needs.
BlueXP economic efficiency can help you accomplish the following goals.
Capacity planning
-
Identify storage assets in your environment that are showing low capacity.
-
Review assets for current and forecasted capacity.
Benefits of BlueXP economic efficiency
BlueXP economic efficiency offers the following benefits:
-
Identifies systems that are approaching lifecycle events to help you plan for a technology refresh
-
Offers a trusted advisor's recommendations to address capacity issues in your environment
-
Reduces the time spent in planning for additional storage
Cost
NetApp doesn’t charge you for using the service.
If you decide to tier cold data to cloud storage, you’ll need to check your cloud provider for applicable charges.
Access
You can access this feature either through BlueXP economic efficiency (Governance > Economic efficiency > Tech refresh) or through Active IQ Digital Advisor (also known as Digital Advisor) (Dashboard > Planning widget > Tech refresh).