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Long-Term Data Retention Is Big Headache – Aparavi’s Survey

From unstructured data

Long-term data retention is a long-term problem, according to a recent survey, and IT pros are contending with growth in unstructured data that challenges their archive and retention plans.

Aparavi Software Corporation, a Silicon-beach start-up in SaaS solutions, surveyed hundreds of IT managers to find out about their archive, backup, and retention practices. Respondents represented a range of organizations of varying sizes, with over 40% managing more than 50TB total.

Almost 40% reported their unstructured data – documents and other office files, images, videos, and other files not in a structured database – is growing at least 25% each year, and another 12% said growth is more than 50% yearly. This growth results in significant complaints about protection and retention.

The main problem identified by IT managers is long-term retention – more than 50% said it is a challenge, followed closely by cost at 47%. Excessive secondary storage growth is itself a problem for more than 40%. Around 20% said lack of a cloud-based solution or being unable to complete backups within the allotted time are challenges.

When asked about the specific problems in their long-term retention, ready access to archive data (41%), the cost of their current solution (39%), using conventional backup to meet retention goals (35%), and managing cloud storage growth (27%) were most frequently cited.

Accordingly the most desired features in retention are “intelligent retrieval wherever the data is,” named first or second most important by 39%, followed by support for both on-premise and cloud data stores, ranked first or second by 38%.

Unstructured data growth causes a domino effect in increased management, cost, and complexity, and these IT pros and many more are experiencing growing pains,” said Aparavi CMO Victoria Grey. “Long-term retention at an affordable cost, with the flexibility to keep archived files accessible no matter where they are stored, is a requirement for managing data today and forever.”

Aparavi Active Archive masters out-of-control unstructured data growth with data protection, retention and archive. It slows secondary storage growth by 75% with guaranteed availability regardless of how long data is retained. The company’s SaaS-based solution delivers storage independence with on-premises and multi-cloud mobility. This along with an open data format removes vendor-lock in forever. Aparavi pays for itself in reduced backup and secondary storage spend and eliminates up-front investments with a pay-as-you-go model based on usage.

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