The entire Hitachi Storage Viewer architecture, consisting of multiple Data Collectors pushing relevant information about the backup and storage environments to a centralized Hitachi Storage Viewer Portal Server, was designed for deployment within a globally managed services environment. In a managed services environment, many customers can be supported through deployment of specific Data Collectors in the customer’s data center that interface securely over the Internet with the managed service provider’s Portal Server. Each customer in this managed services environment is isolated to their specific content when their information in the Hitachi Storage Viewer Portal Server is viewed through a web browser.