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Backup Versus Archiving: What’s the Difference?
According to an article by Manek Dubash on the Techworld.com website, the study by BridgeHead Software found that only a small minority of companies are archiving data because of legal mandates. Many say that legislation like SOX is not affecting their business, but are instead saying disaster recovery is a more important driver for archiving than legal compliance. Twenty-three percent of respondents said they do not archive data, and as a result, “the hypothetical task of retrieving a vital file from three months ago would be hit-or-miss,” Dubash says. However, Dubash says 77 per cent of respondents claim to archive data to some extent, 74 per cent say their organization has a file archive solution and 66 per cent have an e-mail archive. The survey also found that the “complementary roles of archiving and backup are not clearly understood. The figures regarding the lost three month old vital file may seem extraordinary, but they exemplify how traditional file journaling during backup is not up to the truly complex task of managing off-line files for long periods of time which archiving and media management technology address so well,” BridgeHead’s VP of Marketing told Dubash. “Despite the fact that many respondents mistakenly use the terms backup and archive interchangeably, this research shows there is a danger that many of the companies surveyed have neither the data protection nor the archiving systems in place that they believe they have,” analyst Dianne McAdam of Data Mobility Group told Dubash. “IT directors and administrators need to think outside the box and look for a comprehensive all round solution to data management to bring about corporate governance, compliance and efficient storage management.” To read the full article, click here: http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5139
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