As data volumes on enterprise file systems grow, they can quickly fill up Gigabytes, then Terabytes of space on expensive primary storage media. Storage occupied by old or infrequently accessed data not only consumes precious file server resources, it also costs time and money to manage and maintain.
File Archiving addresses storage cost and resource issues by providing an automated and integrated solution, archiving file server content on to lower cost long-term storage. Depending on the file system used, the specific file archiving requirements, the customer storage infrastructure, and the overall archiving strategy, Arcplace will help customers to identify, design and deploy the optimal file archiving solution.
Key features of the File Archiving solutions offered by Arcplace:
- Migrate files to archive
Files can be automatically migrated out of a file system and replaced with shortcuts to the archived files.
- Easy access to archived files
Users can click the shortcuts to retrieve the archived files.
- Archive files automatically
Configurable archiving rules, such as archiving by file size, last access date, file type, or other file attributes.
- Archive files manually
End-users can archive files interactively.
- Comprehensive search
Execute powerful full-text searches across archived files. Once the file is found, users can edit, forward, move to other folders, or reload the file onto the file system.
- Single instance archiving
Eliminate multiple identical copies of files.
- Long-term accessibility
Automatic data integrity checks performed by the long-term archiving storage infrastructure and content rendered into standardized formats by the archiving application to ensure long-term readability.
- Audit Trail
Activity logs concerning archived files including who viewed or edited documents, when and why, can easily be accessed
