Archiving Media - A Critical Component of Archive Solutions

Archive Solutions must offer compliant data storage providing extremely resilient, long-term storage capabilities that meet mandated regulatory compliance initiatives. Hence, the best Archive Media must meet stringent requirements associated with professional archive systems. These requirements include:

 Media Longevity

• • Permanent, long-life media (50 years or greater)
  • Highly stable data recording platform
  • Robust drives and libraries
• Data Authenticity
  • Unalterable, true WORM
  • Compliance with regulatory mandates
• Removability / Portability
  • Removable media facilitating disaster recovery
    • Supporting offsite vaulting
    • Supporting offsite data replication
• Timely Access To Archived Data
  • High random access performance across potentially millions of files
• Low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
  • Green solution, providing maximum energy efficiency and minimal environmental impact
  • Very low long-term cost
    • No media refreshes required
    • Data at rest does not consume resources