Every once in a while there is a breakthrough in technology that changes the character of an established paradigm. One such breakthrough has just occurred in the area of file archiving – On-demand Archiving™. On-demand Archiving dramatically increases the ROI on file system archiving by completely eliminating the need for repetitive file systems scans. 

In lieu of system-wide scans, On-demand Archiving uses events to trigger the archiving process, for example, the crossing of a threshold on user home directories. As the end-user reaches certain levels of consumption, the archiving engine is automatically engaged and moves targeted files to secondary storage. This limits the consumption of primary storage and provides for continuous, high-quality service while reducing cost.

In addition, On-demand Archiving can engage the end-user directly and allow them to choose the files that are archived based on their business value and on-going relevance. Preliminary research has shown that when users are engaged in the process of choosing the disposition of their data they are more prone to delete unnecessary files. This further reduces demand and cost.

To learn more see: http://www.ntpsoftware.com/products/ODA

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