DataIQ 2.2 Admin Guide

Data bins

Data bins help you identify which files have been modified or accessed recently, and which have not been modified or accessed in a while. DataIQ displays data as either hot, warm, cold, or frozen based on date ranges.

Data bins are available on Data Management reports that show the last modified time (Mtime) for a group of files. This data is shown after installing or upgrading DataIQ, after the first file scan is complete.

If your system is configured to capture the last accessed time (Atime), then data bins are also available for Atime reports. (To learn more, see Data Management Configuration File in the Dell EMC DataIQ Admin Guide.)

Sample view of the Browse window. In the upper-right window, the visualization is sorted by Last modified (by size), and in the lower pane, in the detailed view, the first column is Bin by modified (size). Also shown are the size of files and the cost per month:

Sample view of the Analyze window, with data sorted by last modified date:

For more detail, select any of these bins to get a list of files and paths.