With the unprecedented growth of file data across the enterprise, today’s IT organizations face ever-increasing file management challenges: greater numbers of files, larger files, rising user expectations, and shorter maintenance windows.

Brocade File Management Engine (FME) creates a logical abstraction layer between how files are accessed and the underlying physical storage. Because file access is no longer bound to physical storage devices, organizations can move or migrate files without disrupting users or applications.

Brocade FME utilizes sophisticated technology for true open file migration - simplifying file management and enabling organizations to virtualize their files and manage resources more efficiently.

As a result, organizations can manage file data whenever they want - saving time, money, and resources. Moreover, the automation of labor-intensive tasks reduces the potential for errors and business disruption.

Brocade FME combines non-disruptive file movement with policy-driven automation for:

• Transparent file migration, including open and locked files
• File, server, and storage consolidation
• Asset deployment and retirement
• Tiered file classification and placement
• File and directory archiving

Key Features	Benefits
Open file migration	Enables non-disruptive movement of open or locked files, supporting on-demand or scheduled movement
Redirection for logical migration	Logically links users to physical file locations to avoid disruption
Transparency	Does not alter server, network, and storage resources or client access and authentication
Automated policies	Saves time by simplifying file classification and management while improving integrity by automatically monitoring file placement
Scalable and granular namespace	Supports the management of billions of files and petabytes of data at the share, directory, or file level
Heterogeneous resource support	Abstracts servers, networks, and storage for easier management, including common management of SMB and CIFS data