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  3. Section V. Report Reference
  4. Storage Optimization Solution Reports
  5. File Type Usage by Host

File Type Usage by Host

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Use the Reports tab to examine the catalog of templates, dashboards and reports - organized by products along with user-created, and system folders. This report is located here:

Solutions > Storage Optimization > Storage Optimization Analysis

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Click the File Type Usagesector.

Table: File Type Usage by Host

Column name

Description

Host Name

Name of the host.

Host Type

Host type.

Total # of Files

Total number of files found for the File Type Usage rule's criteria.

Domain Name

Domain name.

Total Size

Total number of files found for the File Type Usage rule's criteria.

Total Cost

Total cost of FA file types.

Row Selection

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