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Reclaim wasted storage at scale.

Diskover helps you reclaim wasted storage at scale and optimize overall efficiency for fast ROI and long-term value. Reduce storage waste, speed up cleanup, and improve control over what you keep, where it lives, and what it costs.

LIFE SCIENCE | World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute

Reclaiming $542k of data estate within days of using Diskover.
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World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute

Reclaiming $542k of data estate within days of using Diskover.

AT A GLANCE
27 million files.
4.7 PB of storage.
3 geolocations.
KEY CHALLENGES

The institute faced significant challenges in managing over a century of critical pathology data, essential for groundbreaking research and clinical outcomes. Rapid data growth across departments, with storage footprints expanding by petabytes annually, required a more strategic approach to data management. The complexity of their storage estate made it difficult to identify, manage, and optimize data effectively.

Uncontrolled data growth: Departments budgeting for massive storage expansions needed a scalable and strategic solution.
Lack of visibility: Difficulty in building a comprehensive picture of their storage estate hindered efficient data management.
Operational inefficiency: Researchers and clinicians were burdened by capacity issues, impacting their ability to focus on critical healthcare initiatives.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover transformed the institute’s data management by quickly indexing 27 million files across 4.7PB of storage. Within hours, over 0.5PB of temporary and transient data was identified for cleanup, enabling swift archiving and freeing up valuable storage. By simplifying data lifecycle management and ensuring compliance, Diskover allowed researchers and clinicians to focus on their life-changing work.

Rapid indexing: Identified 0.5PB of reclaimable data in hours, far exceeding previous methods.
Specialized datasets organization using Diskover’s tailored queries: Enabled quick approval and execution of cleanup and archiving requests, reclaiming valuable space.
Streamlined operations: Provided a strategic view of the data estate, reducing complexity and enhancing compliance, empowering teams to focus on healthcare innovation.

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MANUFACTURING/RETAIL | $3B Major US Retailer

32% storage reduction/$233k savings topped with global data security.
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$3B Major US Retailer.

32% storage reduction/$233k savings topped with global data security.

AT A GLANCE
1.4 PB (450 TB on-prem file shares and 900 TB of cloud repositories).
33 million files in file shares and 80 million in Dropbox.
A managed service provided by one of the top 4 worldwide consulting companies.
KEY GHALLENGES

The company faced significant challenges with untenable data growth on its SAN,. Limited visibility into sensitive data storage compounded the problem, while inefficient tools made it nearly impossible to address the escalating issues effectively.

Unregulated data growth: The company’s SAN experienced unchecked data expansion, with global teams storing content without proper oversight.
At risk of data breach: Uncertainty around the location and nature of sensitive data exposed the company to significant compliance and breach risks.
Inefficient tools: Existing tools required weeks to scan storage, making it difficult to address the escalating data management issues effectively.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover transformed the organization’s data management by enabling rapid analysis of data proliferation, providing actionable insights, and streamlining storage cleanup. After a year of attempting to mitigate content storage challenges with other tools, which took weeks to scan storage, Diskover was implemented, and completed the same process in just days.

Its comprehensive analysis facilitated the examination and quarantine of millions of files, followed by defensible deletion. By leveraging metadata modeling and sustainable workflows, the organization achieved significant reductions in storage volume and file counts, optimizing its data estate for long-term efficiency.

Rapid insights: Diskover’s fast scanning provided a comprehensive understanding of data proliferation, enabling immediate actions on high-risk file shares.
Metadata modeling: Custom metadata models defined actionable workflows based on attributes like content age, size, and legal requirements, ensuring targeted data disposition and tiering.
Streamlined operations: Provided a strategic view of the data estate, reducing complexity and enhanSignificant space and cost savings: The solution reduced storage volume by 32% and file count by 41%, while establishing sustainable data management workflows.

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT | $187B Global Entertainment Giant

Media studio/network saves $10M in storage space.
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$187B Global Entertainment Giant

Media studio/network saves $10M in storage space.

AT A GLANCE
250 PB.
Multiple file systems.
Locations spread worldwide.
KEY CHALLENGES

Managing globally dispersed data, and such a huge amount of it, presented significant challenges, including identifying waste and addressing storage inefficiencies, leading to escalating costs and operational complexity.

Fragmented data silos: Data spread across multiple regions made it nearly impossible to gain a unified view or identify unnecessary files.
Escalating costs: Without visibility into redundant, outdated, or trivial data, storage expenses soared, further straining resources.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover transformed fragmented data management by providing global visibility and precise query tools, enabling the organization to reclaim considerable storage space and dramatically reduce costs.

Global visibility: Unified access to data across regions allowed for efficient identification of redundant, outdated, temporary, and trivial files.
Cost savings: Targeted queries facilitated data hygiene, reclaiming 8PB of storage and saving $10M in storage costs.
Ongoing hata hygiene: Automated workflows and regular scans ensure long-term efficiency, preventing future data sprawl and unnecessary expenses.

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EDA | $400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader

Saving millions annually by controlling storage utilization across sites.
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$400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader

Saving millions annually by controlling storage utilization across sites.

AT A GLANCE
Tens of billions of files across multiple file systems.
4 primary sites plus global operations.
Rolled out to ~4,000 engineers.
EDA workflows generating high volumes of transient + legacy data.
KEY CHALLENGES

At this scale, storage growth wasn’t driven by “big data” projects—it was driven by billions of small files, duplicate datasets, and persistent transient data created by EDA workflows. With capacity spread across multiple systems and sites, teams needed a way to quantify waste, prioritize cleanup, and reduce expansion costs—without slowing engineering work.

Low-visibility storage growth: Hard to pinpoint what was driving consumption across systems.
ROT + duplicate sprawl: Redundant, obsolete, and duplicated datasets inflated capacity needs.
Cleanup prioritization: No consistent way to identify the best reclaim candidates at scale.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover established a single operational inventory across storage systems and sites, making it possible to measure utilization patterns, identify reclaim candidates, and execute targeted cleanup and tiering initiatives. The result was reduced storage waste and fewer capacity-driven disruptions, helping lower ongoing infrastructure spend.

Centralized storage intelligence: One searchable inventory to quantify utilization and pinpoint hotspots.
Reclaim candidate identification: Surfaced ROT, duplicates, and transient hotspots for prioritized cleanup.
Cost-optimized data placement: Supported tiering/archiving strategies to reduce high-cost storage pressure.

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SPORTS | NFL LA Chargers

Controlling storage spend during a hybrid-cloud archive modernization.
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NFL LA Chargers

Controlling storage spend during a hybrid-cloud archive modernization.

AT A GLANCE
Multi-legacy NAS environment migrating to hybrid cloud.
4K/8K content driving scale requirements.
Archive previously offline / unsearchable (tape + removable media).
KEY CHALLENGES

The organization needed to modernize an aging archive and migrate from multiple legacy NAS systems to a hybrid-cloud model—without losing visibility, control, or budget predictability. They also needed to make previously offline content searchable and accessible again.

Hybrid migration complexity: Needed a smoother migration from multiple legacy NAS systems into a hybrid cloud model.
Lack of cost visibility and control: Required real-time analytics on storage costs to maintain budget control during and after migration.
Offline, unsearchable archive: Had a long historical archive on tape/removable media that wasn’t searchable or easy to access.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

CloudSoda helped streamline migration and policy-based movement to AWS, while providing cost transparency before moving data. The result was improved access to archive content, faster delivery, and better control over cloud storage and retrieval spend..

Faster migration execution: Accelerated migration from legacy storage to new high-performance infrastructure.
Pre-move cost forecasting: Using Dry Run cost simulation to preview storage and retrieval costs and plan moves with budget clarity.
Searchable archive access: Made archive content searchable and available, reducing the IT lift to deliver content faster.
Remote footage delivery: Enabled fast, secure transfer of remote footage to support time-sensitive review and content creation.

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Stop paying for data you don’t need.

ROT data—redundant, obsolete, and trivial—drives up storage costs and increases risk. By proactively identifying and eliminating ROT data, organizations can significantly reduce storage expenses, enhance data management practices, and mitigate potential compliance issues.

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AI/BI readiness.

Diskover helps you deliver trusted AI results by curating high-value data and adding the context AI needs. Reduce noise, enrich metadata, and feed pipelines with governed, up-to-date datasets—so outputs stay accurate and defensible.

LIFE SCIENCE | World-Renowned Research Institute

Research center saves $250K by unclogging AI pipeline.
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World-Renowned Research Institute

Research center saves $250K by unclogging AI pipeline.

AT A GLANCE
Uses AI to propel their research.
5 PB of storage.
3 geolocations.
KEY CHALLENGES

While leveraging AI to accelerate research and clinical outcomes, this institute faced mounting storage costs and efficiency concerns within its AI data pipelines.

Uncontrolled storage growth: Vast amounts of data required for AI processing quickly overwhelmed their storage estate, driving up costs.
Pipeline inefficiencies: Institute lacked visibility into whether their data pipelines were running efficiently and effectively, and insight into the type of specialized data they were accumulating.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

By taking a holistic approach, Diskover, in collaboration with the institute, mitigated over half a petabyte of wasted capacity, avoiding $250,000 in overspends while ensuring their data flowed seamlessly.

Tamed rapid data growth: Diskover identified and eliminated over half a petabyte of temporary and training data, freeing up valuable storage resources.
Delivered significant cost savings: By leveraging Diskover’s specialized AI toolset to optimize pipelines and pinpoint wasted capacity, the organization achieved $250,000 in cost savings.
Enabled seamless data flow: Diskover ensured efficient, uninterrupted data management, supporting the institute’s mission to deliver life-changing research and results.

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Mergers and acquisitions.

Mergers and acquisitions move fast—Diskover brings visibility and control to unstructured data so teams can assess, secure, and integrate with confidence.

ENERGY | $60B Natural Energy US Corporation

Turning acquisition data from liability to asset.
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$60B Natural Energy US Corporation

Turning acquisition data from liability to asset.

AT A GLANCE
9 PB and billions of files.
Multiple file systems.
3 geolocations.
KEY CHALLENGES

This corporation faced challenges in managing data inventory, ensuring security, and preparing for a critical event: its merger and acquisition.
The need to locate specific project files across disparate systems and provide data visibility without compromising security added to the complexity.

Data organization: Building a complete data inventory and conducting a thorough cleanup to prepare for this high-stakes activity, while recovering crucial project files previously believed to be lost.
Security management: Identifying where sensitive data resides to ensure proper protection and compliance.
Cross-system visibility: Rounding up files across multiple systems while providing secure visibility to non-technical users without exposing sensitive content.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover empowered the organization to transform its data management by creating a comprehensive inventory, enabling efficient cleanup and organization. It redefined data from being a cost and liability to a valuable, secure asset while improving global findability and tailored visibility for authorized users. of truth, streamlining data cleanup, and ensuring global visibility for proactive risk and cost control.

Data transformation: Transformed data from a cost and liability into a secured and valuable asset for GenAl and operational purposes.
Global findability: Enabled effortless inventory and retrieval of project-specific files, saving time, money, and critical business deals.
Tailored visibility: Delivered secure, role-based access to data, ensuring visibility without compromising security.

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Data operationalization.

Diskover helps teams move from discovery to execution by using metadata to drive repeatable actions. Automate workflows like cleanup, tiering, movement, and policy enforcement across hybrid environments.

LIFE SCIENCE | World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute

Operationalizing pathology data pipelines with automated lifecycle controls.
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World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute

Operationalizing pathology data pipelines with automated lifecycle controls.

AT A GLANCE
4.7 PB data estate.
27 million files.
~1 PB older than 5 years and ~500 TB transient/test data.
Key infrastructure for clinical + research pathology teams.
KEY CHALLENGES

Pathology pipelines generated massive volumes of data, including large amounts of temporary and transient content created by scanners and active applications. With no single owner across the pipeline, teams lacked consistent rules to classify data, manage lifecycle stages, and enforce retention—making day-to-day operations harder to sustain.

No consistent pipeline ownership: Lifecycle responsibilities were fragmented across teams.
Unwieldy data structures: Applications created complex, irregular layouts on shared storage.
Operational drift: Temporary and cache data accumulated because cleanup and tiering weren’t standardized.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover established a searchable system of record for the pipeline and enabled consistent, metadata-driven operations—so teams could classify data, apply lifecycle policies, and automate retention and tiering across environments.

Rapid pipeline inventory: Indexed 4.7 PB / 27M files to create an operational baseline for policy execution.
Lifecycle classification at scale: Implemented tagging rules to separate critical data from application temporary data.
Policy-driven tiering: Applied tiering policies across filesystem and cloud to keep data placed appropriately over time.
Automated retention: Enforced retention rules to keep lifecycle actions consistent and repeatable.

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT | Global Media Services Provider

Operationalizing M&E data pipelines at scale.
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Global media services provider

Operationalizing M&E data pipelines at scale.

AT A GLANCE
18 storage systems (file + object).
6.7 PB total data estate.
2.0 PB active “in-flight” dataset.
Hundreds of users across the operation.
KEY CHALLENGES

With large volumes of customer content constantly moving through complex workflows, this organization needed a way to keep data flowing without slowing deliveries or billing milestones. With dozens of storage silos and thousands of workflow steps, basic visibility and coordination became a daily operational burden.

Workflow friction: Too much time spent locating data and moving it to the right stage in the pipeline.
Cross-system complexity: Data spread across many systems made it hard to maintain a single operational view.
Stagnation of completed projects: Completed content and transient data accumulated, creating operational drag.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover created a unified global inventory of the data estate and serves as the operational hub for finding, organizing, and moving content through workflow stages. By integrating workflow and business metadata (Xytech) and leveraging automation points in the pipeline (Telestream Vantage and Telestream GLIM), the team reduced manual effort, improved handoffs, and kept deliveries and billing milestones on track.

Unified operational inventory: One searchable view across all storage systems to locate the right assets fast—without hopping between silos.
Workflow + business context: Enriched files with job/project/billing context from Xytech, improving tracking, approvals, and handoffs across teams.
Content validation: Uses Telestream GLIM as a file action to validate media and confirm required attributes before content advances to the next workflow step.
Job automation: Uses Telestream Vantage as a file action to run only the necessary processing jobs (e.g., transcoding), limiting choices to approved paths and keeping execution consistent with SLAs.

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EDA | $400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader

Automating transient data cleanup to prevent EDA workflow disruptions.
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$400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader

Automating transient data cleanup to prevent EDA workflow disruptions.

AT A GLANCE
Tens of billions of files across multiple file systems.
4 primary sites, global engineering teams.
Rolled out to ~4,000 engineers.
EDA applications generating temporary waveform + application cache data.
KEY CHALLENGES

EDA workflows generate large volumes of temporary data. At this scale, transient content can consume capacity faster than admins can respond—creating operational delays. Complex permissions and sensitive IP also make it difficult to manage lifecycle policies broadly and safely.

Federated access: Data spread across many systems and locations.
Workflow continuity: Over-consumption risked outages and delays.
Sensitive data controls: Access needed to remain strictly need-to-know.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover established a single operational inventory across sites, helped pinpoint unmanaged transient hotspots, and supported lifecycle policy execution—reducing disruption risk while keeping sensitive IP protected.

Centralized data management: One inventory across systems for faster assessment and action.
Targeted cleanup + lifecycle control: Identified transient / cleanup candidates and supported policy-driven management.
Security maintained: Enabled management of sensitive datasets without expanding access.

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SPORTS | MLB Cincinnati Reds

Real-time game video access via edge-to-cloud data orchestration.
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MLB Cincinnati Reds

Real-time game video access via edge-to-cloud data orchestration.

AT A GLANCE
“Edge → core → cloud” workflow: camera capture → on-prem storage → public cloud.
Cloud destination: Azure “video vault” for on-demand access.
Users needed immediate post-event access to footage.
KEY CHALLENGES

The organization relied on rapid availability of game footage, but legacy transfers to Azure were inconsistent and required constant monitoring. They needed a more reliable, real-time approach so teams could review and tag key moments immediately after events.

Unreliable cloud transfers: Legacy transfers to Azure were inconsistent and unreliable.
Manual monitoring burden: Staff had to babysit transfers, which slowed workflows and consumed time.
Time-sensitive access needs: Coaches and players needed near-immediate access to footage for post-game review and analysis.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

CloudSoda enabled a dependable edge-to-core-to-cloud workflow into Azure, delivering footage quickly and consistently without manual babysitting. Teams gained on-demand access for faster review, tagging, and post-event analysis—reducing staff workload and delays.

Reliable edge-to-cloud workflow: Implemented an edge-to-core-to-cloud approach that delivered video consistently into Azure.
On-demand video access: Enabled quick access to footage in an Azure “video vault” for review workflows.
Faster tagging and analysis: Supported rapid manual tagging of key moments (e.g., pitches and at-bats) to accelerate post-game analysis.
Reduced staff workload: Minimized manual transfer monitoring and saved time for the team.

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Risk management.

Know where sensitive data lives—and reduce risk before it becomes an incident. Diskover inventories and enriches unstructured data so teams can identify sensitive content (PII/PCI, IP, and regulated files), tighten access, and enforce retention and disposition policies. It also integrates into broader governance and compliance programs to keep controls consistent across hybrid environments.

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT | Global Media Services Provider

Maintaining secure, collaborative access to pre-release content.
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Global Media Services Provider

Maintaining secure, collaborative access to pre-release content.

AT A GLANCE
2.0+ PB of high-value content in flight.
Hundreds of users across collaborative workflows.
Multi-user, multi-site operations.
Pre-release / sensitive IP handled daily.
KEY CHALLENGES

This organization needed to keep creative workflows moving quickly while ensuring sensitive pre-release content remained protected at every stage. With content distributed across many systems, they required secure visibility that did not increase exposure risk.

Secure collaboration: Users needed to find and move the right assets without opening sensitive content.
Role-based visibility: Access had to match job function and workflow stage.
Operational scale: Controls had to work across complex, multi-system environments, and geolocations without slowing throughput.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover enabled secure, role-based visibility across the data estate, allowing teams to interact with sensitive assets safely while maintaining productivity. Security improved without introducing friction into daily workflows.

Role-based access + tailored visibility: Users saw what they needed—without broad exposure.
Secure discovery across silos: Inventory and workflow-aware metadata reduced risky “workarounds.”
Better security posture at scale: Controls remained consistent across multi-site, multi-user operations.

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EDA | $400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader

Securing sensitive IP access across global engineering teams.
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$400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader

Securing sensitive IP access across global engineering teams.

AT A GLANCE
Tens of billions of files across multiple file systems.
4 primary sites and global operations.
Rolled out to ~4,000 engineers.
Sensitive IP with complex permissions / access requirements.
KEY CHALLENGES

Maintaining tight security controls while keeping engineering work moving is difficult at global scale. Sensitive design data must remain protected, yet teams still need to discover and manage what exists across distributed systems—without widening exposure.

Need-to-know access: Visibility had to match team, role, and workflow needs.
Cross-system discoverability: Data was distributed across many systems and locations.
Operational scale: Policies had to hold across thousands of users without slowing throughput.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED

Diskover provided a secure, searchable inventory across the data estate and enabled administrators to manage sensitive datasets without exposing the IP inside—helping keep controls consistent across sites and teams.

Secure discovery across silos: One inventory for fast discovery without jumping between systems.
Authentication-driven access controls: Visibility enforced first through login/authentication, with additional role-, group-, and policy-based rules configured in Diskover’s flexible Admin panel.
Risk reduced at scale: Consistent security posture across multi-site, multi-user operations.

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“We are excited about the integration possibilities among two of our strategic partners, Diskover and Snowflake. We ingest unstructured data from Diskover and other data sources to our records management platform and ultimately deliver to Snowflake.  The Records 365 platform directly benefits from efficiencies delivered through our partner integrations.”

Anthony Woodward // Chief Operations Officer

RecordPoint Logo an OEM partner of Diskover Data Curation Software

Use cases by industry.

Explore industry-specific examples of how teams use Diskover.

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Media & Entertainment

Image representing scientists entering data on laptop used by Diskover in association with the Diskover Life Science Edition. The NIH issued a new Data Management and Sharing Policy (DMS) in January 2023 and Diskover has the tools to assist with meeting the NIH DMS requirements.

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