Why is single instance storage important when looking at an email archiving solution?

Why is single instance storage important when looking at an email archiving solution?

Say the human resources department at a company of 1,000 people sends out an email with a 1 MB message attachment to every employee. That means up to 1,000 copies of that attachment (at 1 MB each in this case) may ultimately be archived -- demanding up to 1 GB of email archiving storage.

Email archiving information
Choosing an email archiving strategy

Archive or backup? 
When evaluating email archive systems, the system should have the ability

    Requires Free Membership to View

    Login

    When you register for SearchDataBackup.com, you’ll also receive targeted emails from my team of award-winning editorial writers. Because your job never seems to get any easier, it’s our goal to keep you up-to-date on the latest backup tips, trends and technologies that will help you get the job done.

    Rich Castagna, Editorial Director

    By submitting your registration information to SearchDataBackup.com you agree to receive email communications from TechTarget and TechTarget partners. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy which contains important disclosures about how we collect and use your registration and other information. If you reside outside of the United States, by submitting this registration information you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Your use of SearchDataBackup.com is governed by our Terms of Use. You may contact us at webmaster@TechTarget.com.

to create one copy of the email and attachment so that only one copy will reside in the archive. That way you potentially save a great deal of storage space over time, and it's much easier for an archive system to track the lifecycle of a single instance and ultimately delete it later on as policies dictate.

Listen to the Email archiving FAQ audiocast here.

Go back to the beginning of the Email Archiving FAQ Guide.


This was first published in October 2006

Join the conversationComment

Share
Comments

    Results

    Contribute to the conversation

    All fields are required. Comments will appear at the bottom of the article.
    Back to top