What is file archiving and how does it differ from email and database archiving?
Most data growth in organizations is centered around unstructured files: Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, videos and audio files, which is why file archiving is so important — it archives all of the unstructured files in an organization. Is file archiving the same as information lifecycle management (ILM) or file virtualization? This tends to be a gray area. Part of that reason it’s blurred is because ILM is a way of thinking; it’s a way of managing, governing and protecting data, making sure it’s available when and where needed in a cost-effective manner. That’s where it blurs with file archiving, which falls under the broad umbrella of an ILM. On the other hand, file virtualization can get blurred with this distinction, depending on your definition of virtualization. To some, file virtualization is only virtualization if it’s software running on an appliance with third-party storage. However, in a bigger and broader definition of virtualization, it
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