Active Archive Blog

Data is the lifeblood of organizations today and knowing how to manage and store that data is proving to be one of the most challenging tasks for IT professionals.  The cost of secondary storage hardware has been declining year over...

The concept for an active archive is intriguing as it relates to legacy data or any data that was created some time ago amidst a different set of legal, business, and compliance requirements. The lines of how data should be...

Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes* or later versions of the same adage is often quoted. I believe to these two we can add Storage Capacity Growth as another sure thing. In my near 30...

The continued exponential growth of data volumes, especially of unstructured data, will remain the dominant challenge for data storage. Most of the data growth is driven by unstructured data like audio/video data across verticals such as manufacturing, life sciences and...

As we slowly but surely head into the post COVID-19 economy, IT professionals are facing numerous challenges brought on by the pandemic itself such as supporting a suddenly expanded remote workforce. But also included are the relentless growth of data,...

Members of the Active Archive Alliance recently shared their 2021 predictions for data storage and active archives. Here are some of the top trends to watch: Active Archive Requirements to Scale from Terabytes to Petabytes Enterprises continue to create data...

How to deal with unstructured data: It’s a problem that’s becoming more urgent every day. The amount of data that organizations generate is expected to more than quintuple over the next five years, according to an IDC report shared by...

You would think, by now, that backup best practices would have moved into the same category as filling up the tank before a long drive or looking each way before crossing the street. But a new study indicates that most...

We recently released our 2020 Active Archive and the State of the Industry Report, which highlights the increased demand for new data management strategies as well as benefits and use cases for active archive solutions. Here are a few takeaways from...

The Active Archive Alliance turns 10 years old this year. As a founding partner, QStar Technologies is pleased that the Active Archive concept is even more relevant today, than it was 10 years ago. But why is that? Today, many...