Archiving and back-up: distinct, yet complementary strategies
[Johannesburg, 28 October 2011] -
Today, organisations are churning out significant amounts of data on a daily basis. Daily back-ups have become "fashionable", yet very few organisations are archiving corporate information assets to preserve them for the long-term – archiving is still considered a "nice to have" option by a fair amount of organisations.Some organisations initially viewed back-ups and archives as the same or similar technology, since both of these technologies essentially play a vital role in protecting e-mail systems, file server environments and other data collection technologies.Despite these seeming similarities, a number of differences exist between back-up and archiving. These differences make it extremely important for organisations to develop distinct yet complementary strategies around each discipline, to gain the benefit of the full spectrum of benefits provided by these separate technologies.
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