Archiving is not just about saving data
Saving your data is the easy part. After all, you run backups daily. Save those backups and you have an archiving solution. Right? Not exactly.
Consider this: why are you archiving data in the first place? If your organization is like most, it is not because you enjoy storing and tracking years of old documents and communication. You archive data to comply with Open Records laws, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or other regulations.
Here is the measure for your archiving solution: When your legal department asks you to produce every email message sent or received by the finance director over a 90-day period, how much time will you need? Can you guarantee you captured everything?
Providing flexible solutions
Your archive requirements and strategies may be different for your different systems. Archiving policy and approach for your mail server will likely be different than what is required for file services, database applications, and other company records.
Finding the right solution for your organization may require a combination of approaches and tools, including:
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FirstClass Archive Services - to capture all internal and external FirstClass email, Instant Messaging, Conferencing and shared Calendar data |
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Freedom9 - to capture email for Exchange and provide transparency in network utilization |
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NetApp Snapshot - to enable point-in-time capture of filesets and database applications |
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NetApp NearStore - for cost-effective disk-to-disk storage, enabling recovery of archive data without restoration from tape |
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NetApp SnapLock - to create non-rewritable, non-erasable volumes to comply with the strictest data retention regulations |
For more information, please contact Aptiris, and/or review the following documents:
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