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Archiving

The data for your future

With the advance of digitalization and analysis methods such as big data, large volumes of data, such as usage or test data, have gained economic relevance. 

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Storing so-called inactive - or cold - data and analyzing it in the future can inspire product developments, generate added value or provide groundbreaking insights. Cold data is characterized by its rapid growth and the low urgency with which it is accessed. 

To combine data retention and cost-effectiveness, companies use the concept of the data iceberg: inactive data is archived on cost-effective secondary storage to relieve the burden on valuable primary storage for day-to-day business.

NovaStor's archiving solution opens up tape and cloud as efficient secondary storage. The solution automates the legally compliant removal of inactive data, including media lifecycle management. 

Identify inactive data

Hot vs. cold data storage

Which data is used productively in day-to-day business depends on the company, processes and business models. Content that has been accessed in the last 6 months is generally considered hot or warm data. Backups that allow minimal restore windows are recommended here.

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The category of inactive data includes content that was either last accessed more than two years ago or that must be made available several minutes in advance.

NovaStor's backup experts will provide a detailed analysis of your application data with suggestions for more efficient storage on request. 

Archive data efficiently

The archiving of inactive data on inexpensive secondary storage can achieve cost reductions of up to 80%, taking availability parameters into account. 

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Archiving

NovaStor's solutions for the long-term storage of data combine efficiency, legal security and scalability: data storage is either automated or manual from various sources. Any number of files can be processed as an unchangeable data package. The audit log documents all accesses in an audit-proof manner.

Reports on stored data are available in the web browser and data searches are possible. 

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Effizienz

Continuous data growth requires the storage of inactive data on cost-effective storage devices. To keep project costs low, NovaStor uses the existing IT infrastructure for archiving. Comprehensive automation minimizes the workload. Scalability, flexibility and open interfaces for the integration of additional systems ensure future security.

Benefit-oriented price models enable low initial investments and long-term predictable costs.

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100% tape support

As offline media, magnetic tapes offer large storage capacities that require neither power nor cooling. NovaStor's solution for cold data storage utilizes the maximum read and write speed of tapes and thus achieves short retrieval times in the deep archive area. 

Regular integrity checks and data migrations prevent data loss due to media ageing. Central media management enables future-proof lifecycle management for all storage devices.

Cold Data Storage

Growing data volumes put a strain on disk systems. Archiving inactive data reduces costs and must meet availability requirements at the same time.

European Man in Modern Data Center Scene

Thanks to NovaStor's archiving solution, a company's research department is achieving savings of about 75%. The calculation takes into account storage space, energy costs, and personnel costs.

Working with NovaStor’s backup experts, the company’s IT managers developed an archiving strategy that NovaStor’s team customized and implemented for the customer. Out of a total of 13 PB, 8 PB of data were transferred from actively used disk systems to a tape library within a few months.

Going forward, NovaStor’s solution will transfer data weekly from the production IT environment to the tape environment—which serves as secondary storage—in accordance with defined rules. The availability of the archived data within the specified time windows is ensured, in part, by NovaStor’s multistreaming technology.

Archiving on tape as secondary storage
Optimization through individual scripts
Reduction of storage requirements and effort

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