| Volante has developed unique information management
practices, a trademarked methodology by which to deliver ILM outcomes
- HK4DATA.™ This methodology ensures that organisations
meet four essential milestones for ILM:
- Availability
- Performance
- Cost minimisation
- Achievement of recovery objective
For any organisation to have a truly complete data infrastructure
capability, it will need to have five core storage technology
elements:
- Primary storage
- Secondary storage
- DR/BC
- Archival and content management
- Storage resource management.
For best results, the five core elements must be aligned to
the data which the organisation chooses to implement and deliver
appropriate performance and integrity to meet the business needs
of the organisation on an ongoing basis in a both a systematic
and measured way. HK4DATA™ enables users to align these
elements to meet their objectives:
| 1. |
Availability - by making essential data
available on primary disk, but ensuring governance requirements
are met through availability in archiving.
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| 2. |
Performance - optimising performance by
managing various mediums.
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| 3. |
Cost Minimisation - using tools to optimise
less expensive media (SAN or secondary storage).
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| 4. |
Achieving Recovery - set by the company
to address the maximum time the organisation can be without
access to information |
In short, the HK4DATA™ methodology provides organisations
a systematic way to determine appropriate storage technology needs,
deploy hierarchies for these and design retention / deletion policies
for business data. This is achieved in a manner that aligns the
value of data in relation to its specific purpose in the organisation
over time.
Illustration 1.1:
Volante HK4Data™ Lifecycle - Click
here for a large version.
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