Active Archive Blog

[caption id="attachment_1368" align="alignleft" width="300"] Personal data security concept with digital screen with fingerprint, digital code and radar at CCTV camera background. Double exposure[/caption] Video surveillance is very much an emerging use case for active archives. After all, there is incredible...

[caption id="attachment_1366" align="alignleft" width="300"] Robot vs human. AI artificial intelligence and human intelligence Concept business disruptive illustration. Vector line design to banner.[/caption] Data management has evolved over time. It began with an initial stage that could be termed human intelligence....

Active archives provide an important, modern strategy to manage the massive, strong double-digit data growth prevalent today. With a solid foundation that includes technologies from HDD to tape and optical, in the data center and in the cloud, active archives...

There are many eternal battles: good versus evil, the Force versus the Dark Side, and data access versus security. Front and center in the latter conflict is the healthcare industry. And many of the lessons learned in healthcare translate directly...

It has been widely reported in the trade press that some organizations are questioning the cloud-first philosophy that emerged over the past decade. This concern has given rise to workloads being moved from the cloud back in-house, known as cloud...

Many data storage architectures are centralized due to the economies of scale they offer, as well as a greater ability to control costs. However, data decentralization has become inevitable following the rise of edge computing. Put simply, it isn’t feasible...

As both an active archive and tape evangelist, I’m excited to share how LTO (Linear Tape-Open) tape technology can transform video surveillance storage into a powerful, affordable, and long-term active archive solution. While there is a desperate need for more...

Did you know that 4% of the World’s entire energy production goes to managing data centers ⁽¹⁾, equating to 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions?⁽²⁾ And the problem is only getting worse! With the current growth trends, we will need...

The “Edge” has increasingly become a hot topic as employees are often remote, IoT proliferates and Remote Office / Branch Offices increasingly need to send and retrieve archived data. On top of this are the “distant edge” applications, places on...

Continuous data growth remains one of the most urgent problems for most companies. The increasing data volumes must be stored reliably and securely. Archiving too is a particular challenge here: because on the one hand, data must be stored safely...