Case Study: CBRE Group reduces unstructured MS Office data by up to 50% with balesio FILEminimizer Server

CBRE Group reduces unstructured MS Office data volume on NetApp FAS2020 and FAS2050 in France

CBRE Group, a global commercial real estate services firm, faced a challenge with its fast-growing volume of unstructured Microsoft Office files. This data explosion was straining its primary NetApp storage systems, increasing backup times, and consuming significant network bandwidth. To address this, they turned to balesio for a solution using their FILEminimizer Server product.

balesio's FILEminimizer Server was implemented to optimize files directly on the primary storage. The software runs periodically to reduce the size of older files without altering their format, operating in either a performance- or capacity-optimized mode. This solution from balesio achieved significant results, reducing unstructured data volume by 30-35% in performance mode and over 50% in capacity mode, reclaiming storage space and easing the burden on the network and backup infrastructure.

CBRE Group

Clément Ekstein

Project Manager