# Pentaho Data Optimizer
You can use Pentaho Data Optimizer to inventory stored data, identify content, view usage, and tier files and objects into long-term or deep archival storage. You can take rule-driven actions about data lifecycles to account for compliance, manage costs, and mitigate risks, using a set of convenient tools and self-service processes for sustainable improvements in data management. The benefits of using Data Optimizer apply regardless of the vendor you use and extend across local, cloud, and core environments. If needed, you can restore tiered files at any time.
Data Optimizer provides you with the following key capabilities:
* File identification and classification.
* Rule-based governance of data storage location, life cycle, retention, and access.
* Rules-driven tiering and purging.
See the following articles for information about installation, operation, and use of Data Optimizer:
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