Factors driving growth

• Growing regulations

• Rise in litigation

• Longer retention periods

• Business analytics

• Data reliance

• What are you currently storing and where is it located?

• Who needs to access specific information, how often and why?

• How big is your archive? Who has access to it and how often?

• How long does it take to retrieve data, and how does that impact your business process?

• How well are you meeting your service level agreements (SLA’s)?

• What steps are you taking to protect your data in the event of a disaster or plain mishap?

1. Critical – Must have to do job.

2. Supportive – makes job easier.

3. Archival – for compliance or reference.

Critical – Must have to do job.• Proprietary business platform /software.• CRM – Client relationship management• Accounting software• Shipping / tracking

Supportive – makes job easier.• Inventory • Office support products• Email • Design

Archival – for compliance or reference.• Compliance• Reference material • Historic• Legal• Health• Financial

The recovery time objective (RTO) is the duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster (or disruption) in order to avoid unacceptable consequences.

A recovery point objective (RPO) is the maximum tolerable period in which data might be lost from an IT service due to a major incident.

Tape• Reliable• Low cost• High performance• large capacity• Long life• Easy to move and

manage large volumes

Cloud• Flexibility• Scalability• More frequent back- ups• Shorter RPO’s & RTO’s• Minimizes resources• Premium cost

• Flexibility

• Scalability

• More frequent back-ups

• Shorter RPO’s & RTO’s

• Minimizes resources

• Premium cost

• Reliable (tried and true)

• Low cost

• High performance

• large capacity

• Long life

• Easy to move and manage large volumes

1. AccessDefine what data is critical and needed immediately and which data is less critical.

2. RetentionWhat is your data retention policy? What is projected growth?

3. CostWhat is the total cost to support your backup, recovery and archiving solution?

Tiering and storing data based on access demands is more efficient and cost effective.

The use of cloud storage for real time data access and tape for high capacity, long termed offline storage.

While tape-based backup are considered more reliable and cost effective for large amounts of data, cloud-based solutions offer fast automated backups that help reduce IT’s workload.

1. Create your data protection pyramid based on your companies data groups.

2. Clarify what your data retention policy is for each group and what is the projected growth?

3. Define your access needs, the Who, What, When and why’s

4. Partner with a vendor that will work with you step by step in creating the optimal custom data protection plan for your company.

• Look for a vendor that has local resources to support you, has a trusted name in the industry with proven longevity and a strong reputation.

• You want a vendor that will take the time to understand your needs as well as be there to assistance when in the plan architecture process.

• Select the vendor partner that truly takes your companies best interest to heart. Creating a plan that will meet or exceed all of your requirements while remaining sensitive to the plans allocated budget.