In today's data-intensive organizations, daily backups are de rigueur yet archiving corporate information assets to preserve them over the long haul is still considered a "nice to have" option. The reason for this process dichotomy stems from the fact that companies initially viewed backups and archives in a similar fashion as both play pivotal roles in safeguarding e-mail systems, file servers and other data repositories. Still, a variety of dissimilarities exist between archive and backup, which makes it increasingly important for companies to develop distinct yet complementary strategies to serve each purpose and process effectively.
In recent years, the importance of strategic archiving has intensified amid increasing demands to better control data growth and infrastructure costs while reducing risks associated with corporate, legal or regulatory compliance. As legal teams and other corporate stakeholders strive to decrease the cost and complexity of responding to the growing volume of eDiscovery and governance requests, archiving continues to gain prominence as a critical corporate IT priority.
As such, organizations need to discern the differences between archives and backups in order to determine the best way to integrate these core functionalities into a cohesive, overall data management structure. This whitepaper will offer insights into both of these crucial processes before presenting an updated view of how to align backups and archives to ease business continuity, eDiscovery and information lifecycle management.
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