DATADISCOVERY OVERVIEW
All your data, managed where it lives.
DataDiscovery finds every file across your data estate, shows what it is worth and what it costs, and acts on it by policy, from cleanup to AI pipelines. Your data stays where it is.
1.4B
files indexed in 2 hours on 3 nodes
500K–600K
files per second when reindexing
103B+
files cataloged at one customer, across 4 data centers
260 PB
of media indexed at one customer, across 6 locations
How it works
From scattered files to clear action.
DataDiscovery covers the first three steps: it connects to your storage, catalogs every file, and adds business context, so your teams can find, report, and act. When it is time to move data, use DataDelivery or another mover.
- 1ConnectEnter each NFS, SMB, or S3 system once. Scans run read-only, in place.
- 2CatalogEvery file becomes a searchable record: name, path, size, dates, and owner.
- 3OrganizeAdd business context with plugins and tags, then search, report, and act.
- 4MoveCopy, move, or sync by policy, with a dry run first, at up to 50 Gbps per agent.
Scale and performance
Built for scalability.
DataDiscovery grows with your estate. You add capacity to the catalog the same way you add it to storage: one node at a time.
Scale out
Add nodes, not projects.
Indexers scale out as your file count grows. Each deployment is sized by file count, not terabytes.
Fast rescans
Read only what changed.
A built-in cache keeps rescans fast, so reindexing runs at 500K to 600K files per second.
Guided setup
From license to first scan.
A guided setup walks an administrator through each step, with a live health bar for the whole system.
Open foundation
No lock-in.
Built on open-source technologies proven at enterprise scale, with open APIs.
Security and control
Your data stays where it is.
DataDiscovery builds its catalog from metadata. It never needs a copy of your files.
- Runs on premises or in your cloud, inside your network.
- Volumes are mounted read-only by default, right before each scan.
- Storage credentials are stored encrypted and never written to disk.
- Role-based access across the web interface and the APIs.
- Sign-in with local accounts, LDAP and Active Directory, Okta, or Microsoft Entra ID, side by side.
Better together
Works on its own. Even better with DataDelivery.
DataDiscovery shows you what you have: where it lives, who owns it, and what it is worth. When it is time to move data, add DataDelivery to copy, move, or sync files by policy, with a dry run first and every job logged.
Each product runs its own jobs, so you can use one or both.
FAQ
Questions about DataDiscovery.
See it on your own data.
We’ll index a sample of your environment and show you
what’s recoverable against your current storage spend.