Some data migration or backup plan might occur to optimize your business, but which one is the best and right with your financial capabilities, but also recover your needs. The best way to answer this question is to look at the way in which data is recovered from different types of storage media. After all, recovering data after a disaster is the reason for implementing a data migration plan in the first place. The last thing you want in the event of a catastrophe is not to have the resources or the time to restore the data saved in your storage devices.
Before looking into the different types of storage media, it’s important to point out the different types of data that a company may need to store. First, a company has archived data that it may not access on a daily basis such as patient records or documents needed to comply with the Sarbanes Oxley act.
Second are working files, these are critical files that are accessed on a regular basis such as email, data grids, real-time inventory information, etc. The third type of data is system files. This includes all of the programs and software currently installed on your computer, settings, etc. Each of these different types of data may be suited for different types of data storage devices depending on your business data structure. Your ideal data storage solution may be a combination of different types of storage devices for different types of data.
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