Thursday, September 27, 2007

Storage Data Classification & Storage Policies

Archive solution is designed for tape and disk storage devices. NAS package provides the file level representation of data. Storage Management System requires data classification and policies.

Data classification is done based on the file system and a few other attributes. The attributes include file name, type, ownership, size, access rights and age. Classification can done automatically using customer defined categories.

The customer defined data classification categories are assigned to storage management policies. Policies control the placement of the files onto the various types of physical storage, replication, deletion, and access.

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