LAN Storage Discovery is a DS-Client tool that helps analyze your LAN storage by scanning the shares on your LAN. This is useful to identify duplicate files on the network or shares that are contained within other shares. Additional LAN Storage Discovery reports can also be generated using the information from the file summary.

Analyzing your LAN storage before initial backup is very useful. The most important information is the redundancy (duplication) and the frequency of data changes. The LAN Storage Discovery Tool provides you with a clear view of the data on your network.

To analyze your LAN, you must first discover the shares using a list of credentials you provide and then select the share list you want to scan is select. Tools to manage and monitor the discovery and scan processes are also provided.

The scan process is run by DS-Client and can be scheduled. You can generate several reports to analyze the scanned information for things such as duplication, data growth trends, file access, and file type distribution. You can also generate summary and detailed reports as well as export the reports to file.