Why Metadata Is a Critical Asset for Storage and IT Managers
Dataversity, Friday, May 12,2023
We live in a data-driven economy, but what lies beneath the data is hidden gold. Metadata, or data that describes data, delivers many benefits for storage and IT managers. Yet metadata is complex, vast, and distributed across hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Understanding and strategically managing metadata as part of your overall data storage strategy has become central to optimizing unstructured data management and data governance practices across the organization.
Explaining Metadata for File and Object Storage
Metadata management includes both standard metadata that most storage systems create and track as well as extended attributes that are customized and specific. Standard metadata are system attributes such as when the file was created, who created it, what type of file it is, its size, when it was last accessed, and when it was last modified.