Archive drive [business data storage]
Steve Tongish · Information Professional · 2005
Businesses and government organisations are now beginning to recognise the importance of a secure long-term archival storage strategy for their valuable business information. A professional data archive that provides access to historic business information can slash development costs, reduce time to market and enable more competitive products and services. As the archived records are static, there is no reason to include them in periodic backups. Archived records can be placed outside the traditional backup cycles so that the backup operations can focus on protecting the active data that is changing on a frequent basis. Organisations can realise a tremendous gain by implementing a sound archival storage strategy.