Don’t Risk Your Company’s Vital Historical Data.

Does your company have a true data archive of its critical information or simply a collection of system backup tapes?  System backups are created solely for the purpose of restoring data in the event of a near term system failure.  A true data archive guarantees your company will be able to locate and retrieve specific data many years in the future for litigation, IRS audit, or research.  The procedures and software required to create a data archive are very different from those used to create standard system backups.

Data Archives Are Not Collections of System Backup Tapes.

Backup systems often utilize proprietary tape compression formats and may require very specific hardware to retrieve the data from the backup.  Many companies create system backup tapes and store them in data vaults assuming that the data will be available when needed. In many situations, the equipment that created the tapes has been replaced and the operators that were employed at the time the backups were created are no longer working for the organization.  Several years pass and the labels that were so carefully placed on the tapes are now falling off and the contents of the tapes cannot be identified without restoring the entire tape.  In addition, the tapes may have deteriorated physically and require specialized handling to restore the tapes without permanent damage. If too much time has passed, the data may not be able to be recovered at all.

IT IS MUCH MORE COST EFFICIENT TO PUT A TRUE INFORMATION ARCHIVAL PROCESS IN PLACE NOW THAN TO WAIT UNTIL IT IS ACTUALLY NEEDED.

Use Data Archives for Computer Load Balancing.

Data archives can be used to offload some older data from your servers to improve server performance.  The data put into the archive process can always be retrieved when needed.

Complete Data Archive Services.

The services we provide are to review your old data, including your old 9 track tapes, identify the tapes that are needed (most backup data contain redundant information), and convert the necessary information into a generic system format.  We then catalog all converted tapes and create a searchable index using our proprietary software.  The end product is a completely indexed information resource that is hardware and operating system independent and can be searched at any time in the future.