RESEARCH PAPER: Everspan Changes Archiving

The combination of increasing regulatory accountability and significantly larger data sets is driving enterprises and service providers to rethink their storage archiving. Existing methods of archiving—via tape or even hard drives—are starting to show their limitations as the realities of today’s needs poke holes in those approaches. Data today is being generated in significantly greater amounts and needs to be retained longer than ever before. The increasing economic cost of a poorly executed archiving strategy is becoming a much more pivotal factor in today’s enterprise planning. Optical archiving is now a viable solution to address these storage challenges. You can download the paper here.

Executive Summary
Today's Archiving Needs are Changing
Sony Optical Archive
Sony Brings Optical to Archiving with Everspan
Everspan Outpaces Tape Archival
Everspan Versus Hard Drive Archival
Performance
Data Reliability / Longevity
Long-Term Cost
Call to Action
Figure 1: Fully-Populated Everspan Library with 181PB Capacity (Photo Source: Sony)
Figure 2: Hard Drive Lifecycle Failure Curve
Table 1: Hard Drive Archiving Versus Optical
Figure 3: Data Throughput of Leading Archive Formats
Table 2: Retention Impact on Media Replacement