What are the main data classification considerations for an IT shop?
Babineau: We break down data classification opportunities into three vectors. The first is IT organizations must consider performance and availability. The second is data protection and disaster recovery (DR), and the third is retention. If we look across those three, it’s pretty easy to see information accessibility. How quickly do the applications need to respond? Oracle databases and OLTP applications are likely to have more accessibility requirements than long-term archives. With the second category, data protection and disaster recovery, likely you want to look at recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs). How much data can you afford to lose, or how long can you be without an application? And the third really comes down to what we’re talking about today in terms of government and compliance. How long do I need to retain information and how accessible does it have to be over that time period? SearchStorage.com: How has the data classification process cha
