Many businesses plan to retain data in some digital format for 100 years or more making long-term retention necessary. As a result, today’s archives demand a more intelligent solution that leverages the advanced capabilities of intelligent data management software and high-availability, scale-out hardware. For many organizations, facing petabytes and potentially exabytes of archive data for the first time can force the redesign of their entire storage strategy and infrastructure making it a key strategy for enterprises and a required discipline for hyperscale data centers. The dawn of the 100-year archive is rapidly approaching.
