It amazes me that even in this day and age, file data is often kept statically in a file server even if migrating that data to another file server would be beneficial from a performance, cost and management perspective. The simple reason for this is that file migration is still a painful, disruptive and often a manual process. AutoVirt makes the challenges being faced around transparent Windows file migration a thing of the past. 
Arun Taneja, founder and senior analyst, Taneja Group
AutoVirt
AutoVirt offers a new approach to the growth of unstructured data
When to use AutoVirt
- To gain file-level metrics on your storage
- To migrate data without disrupting end user access
- To consolidate user shares
- To create and implement a tiering or archiving strategy
- To replace StorageX/VFM
- As a powerful alternative to Microsoft DFS
How it works
AutoVirt virtualizes access to your NAS devices and Windows file servers by building a global namespace: a service in your network that receives client requests for files and returns the appropriate storage location. The AutoVirt global namespace allows your clients to use their shortcuts and embedded links, even after you’ve moved the files they reference.
The AutoVirt Global Namespace is integrated with data asessment and data movement functionality. When you move data using AutoVirt, the namespace is updated accordingly.
AutoVirt's namespace technology also allows you to create logical views of shares - regardless of their physical location in the network - and provide these ideas for your users to browse. You can use this functionality to organize user data without changing the underlying storage.
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