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The difference between backup and archive

 

The difference between backup and archive

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  backup and recovery  CommVault  data archive  data integrity  operational recoveries  Simpana Software

By Simon Taylor, senior director, Information & Access Management, Commvault Systems Inc. | Mar 8, 2010

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Backups are primarily used for operational recoveries, to quickly recover an overwritten file or corrupted database. The focus is on speed, both to back up and recover, and on data integrity. Archives, on the other hand, typically store a version of a file that's no longer changing, or shouldn't be changing.

Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.

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