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February 2007 - Posts

• Discarding Archived Data

  OK, for the past month or two I've been blogging about database archiving for long-term data retention . During this time we've discussed: How to define what needs to be archived , The importance and difficulty of maintaining data authenticity Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:30 PM by cmullins | 2 Comments Filed under: database archive

• Database Archiving: Direct Query From the Archive is Essential

  As we continue this series of blog postings on database archiving we need to spend some time discussing how to access data in the archive. If we are archiving data, that implies that we are keeping it for some purpose. Indeed, the whole purpose of archiving Read More... Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 9:12 AM by cmullins | 2 Comments Filed under: database archive

• Database Archiving: Authentic Data is Required for a Legal Archive

  Sometimes organizations believe they are archiving their data for long-term retention, but the “solutions” that are being employed to do so actually fall well short of the mark. This situation typically manifests itself when data authenticity Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:36 PM by cmullins | 5 Comments Filed under: database archive

• Database Archiving: How to Define What to Archive?

  OK, so we've come to the conclusion that we need to archive data from our operational databases. Maybe it was driven by regulatory issues that dictated long-term data retention . Maybe it was influenced by the desire to improve the performance of Read More... Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 1:58 PM by cmullins | 3 Comments Filed under: database archive Attachment(s): order.jpg