Summary

Many organisations find themselves in the position of storing large quantities of data for two, seven or even 50 years after this data was first created. For these companies, the associated cost of long-term archives is a budget item that cannot be ignored for long.

Until recently, nearly all IT departments used backup data as their primary, referenceable, archive 'copy' of their data. Since someone could not easily tamper with this copy, it became legally defensible. What it is not, however, is easily accessible. Nor are its contents truly searchable until after the data is restored.

Learn more about understanding and managing the costs of long-term archiving.