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Enterprises Face High Data Growth, Analysts Suggest Database Archiving Solutions Can Solve Problem

As enterprises buckle under the pressure of overflowing data, various analysts propose the use of efficient database archiving software. In this regard, some big-shot companies are battling for fulfilling the requirement.

Author: Hemal Shrimanker

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Forrester and Gartner, the two prime IT analysts have predicted that relational databases are sure to grow by 125% on an annual basis. On an average, about 85% of enterprise data stored in databases is primarily inactive and non-current data, which is accessed and utilized rarely. Many enterprise databases get stuck due to unmanaged data growth, increased cost of ownership, and increased downtime. Due to current information explosion and escalating prices, it is advised by analysts all over the world that enterprises should eliminate redundant data and streamline their processes effectively. Database archiving is mostly suggested by them when it comes to archiving of old and rarely accessed data.

Many IT managers and database administrators have reported that larger databases severely affect application performance. Bulky databases take excruciating time to load, unload, sort, reorganize and recover. Even response time gets affected badly and can get painstakingly slow wherein some critical processes become almost impossible to be performed. The processing times overlap and the start of routine operations gets often delayed. Also, data retention requirements imposed by government regulations and the company itself prompt the need to manage and store information for longer periods which in turn results in increased operational costs.

The most recent Gartner report revealed that database archiving can significantly lower primary storage costs by transferring older data to relatively cheaper storage, which is accessible at real time. Unique to database archiving actually, active archiving allows organizations to archive rarely accessed or reference data from application databases while providing access to data on demand. Also it is required that the storage format be indestructible and inerasable. It is estimated that there is a drastic improvement in performance and extreme reduction in costs for databases with size even less than 200 GB due to active archiving.

Database archiving solutions designed by various software companies like IBM (Optim), Applimation (Informatica), and Indusa (ArchivePlus) ensure that the data won’t break. The archiving software maintains referential integrity throughout, and stores the archived files in XML format which in itself is non-erasable. They fulfill data retention compliance requirements and other government regulatory procedures.

Ongoing database archiving which is carried on a daily, weekly or monthly basis enables various companies to maintain mission-critical databases at a set size that can easily provide optimum and desired processing along with disaster recovery windows.

Although information lifecycle management (ILM) is a relatively simple concept, implementing ILM can be highly challenging. It can be highly complicated to manage complex relational data. Database archiving forms a critical component within any ILM framework which aids in the efficient utilization of the data.

About Author

Indusa Technical Corp. is a CMM Level 4 certified Software Solutions and Consulting Company, focused on providing cutting edge technology solutions to clients worldwide. It has extensive experience in developing and managing large IT applications in real time to enterprises worldwide. Founded in 1989, Indusa is headquartered in Illinois US, with operations in Tennessee, Texas, New Jersey and India (Ahmedabad) and has a client base that includes Fortune 500 companies, mid size companies as well as start-ups.

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