The data generated in your company resides in electronic format. Over time, it will reduce in its value, stop being easily and actively accessed and eventually become ready for archiving. Archived data is data that requires to be retained in the data centre merely for either legal or historical reasons, and not for the purpose of operation.
Why Archive?
There are many reasons for arching data, but the most obvious reason is to reduce overheads. Gratuitous access to the huge volumes of closed or least value data does not contribute any thing to the value of current operations of your company. In order to make it easy for your firm to make use of the electronic dimension effectively and efficiently, data should be identified and archived.
Archiving Logic
Cloud backup service providers make use of standard application archiving logic using a customised support in order to archive data. The data is archived to separate database or table space by the basic application. Customisation leverages native application archiving routines and replace, extend or even to recreate application archiving logic that can match particular business practises. This allows you to select the most suitable architecture option for your needs.
Meta Data
The referential integrity, transparency, and end user’s support, as well as archive view are maintained through the archive itself. Some of the service providers commission integrated synchronisation, single console operation, and space recovery. Meta data in the archived data is made to be reused and extend the archiving venture for search capabilities. In addition, meta data assists in compliance.
Server Loads and Bandwidth
Today, newer cloud archiving technologies have integrated tiered archiving into data protection and recovery solutions. An easy tiered archiving model creates 2nd or 3rd tier archives off the backup copies of the file servers or even the mail boxes that are stored in the main backup tier, reducing the bandwidth and server loads of small and medium size companies.
Stub File
The original backup tier is handled as the first tier and the data is transferred based on the time stamps from tier to tier. In order to indicate the new storage location of the archived files, a stub file will be retained in the first tier. The requirements for tiering may be client specific.
Modern Day Tiering
Contemporary cloud based tiered storage architectures are more sophisticated and in most cases depend on the understanding of the file system, where the data will in the end reside in. Users require the freedom to switch service providers or even from one platform to another or control and manage file systems within different tiers of storage from dissimilar hardware.
