BridgeHead Software's Enterprise Data Archiving products form part of our Enterprise Data Management solutions.
Archiving solves the fundamental data volume problem. You archive because you want to have access to the data at some point in the future, so you store it away. This can create cost and administration problems as applications and file storage systems are constantly growing and the need for managing more data becomes more complex.
The backup headache - a data management issue associated with the long term retention of data. Archiving fixes this issue.
The backup headache is one of the best examples of management issues associated with the long term retention of data. Your backup technology is not only struggling to maintain the service level agreements for recovery but at the same time is likely to be asked to perform new tasks, such as single item recovery or maybe even eDiscovery. Archiving can relieve this backup headache and not just move it.
BridgeHead archiving solutions identify and move content that is determined to be older and static, into the archive, which itself will be based on more appropriate storage technologies. This reduces costs.
All data written to the archive is compressed, de-duplicated and encrypted meaning it is more secure and takes up less storage space. Different applications and data sources can use the archive to store older items, creating an organizational repository. Does this mean that all the problems with data management have just been moved to the archive? Not with BridgeHead.
The archive is effectively self managing with respect to backup and disaster recovery. Each piece of content added to the archive can be managed in several locations, each with its own retention categories. Archive data copies can be stored on a combination of different media types, such as disk for quick access and tape for offsite data protection. The archive software can even be configured to fully protect itself.
Costs are minimized and management activities improved. All data in the archive is centrally managed and indexed, both full text and meta data. This allows you to locate and access content that was previously distributed and unorganized.
All BridgeHead products are seamless to the end user. They are not aware that archiving has taken place and will not require training - as far as they are concerned the data is where they left it. Your archive becomes a critical part of your compliance and eDiscovery activities. You can now afford to retain all the content you require, and you and your users can find it quickly and easily.
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