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Create A Data Archiving Process For Your Growing Data Sets

Data Backup, Wednesday, June 28,2023

Among retention policies, regulatory compliance and limited storage budgets, knowing what data to keep is critical. Follow these seven best practices for a solid archiving strategy.

Every storage manager faces the issue of accommodating and storing ever-expanding data sets. When backup and retention policies are involved, it becomes even more complicated.

Primary storage tends to be expensive and has a finite capacity, so many organizations move older data to an archive. This practice helps to free up space on an organization's primary storage and to make room for new data.

On the surface, the concept of archiving data is simple. In practice, it often proves to be quite challenging. Careful planning is required before moving the first bits of data, so be sure to follow these seven data archiving best practices.

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