In The Archives

Don’t Just
Don’t just learn, experience.
Don’t just read, absorb.
Don’t just change, transform.
Don’t just relate, advocate.
Don’t just promise, prove.
Don’t just criticize, encourage.
Don’t just think, ponder.
Don’t just take, give.
Don’t just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don’t just hear, listen.
Don’t just talk, act.
Don’t just tell, show.
Don’t just exist, live.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
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archives

Archives are a collection of historical documents or providing information about a place, institution, or group of people. more

*…And contains original documents-letters, reports, notes, memos, photographs, and other primary sources-where people can gather firsthand information, facts, and evidence.

Basically, archiving is figuring out what data you don’t need anymore and storing it. Archival data is stored so you can retrieve it at any time.

Archiving data optimizes how resources are used in an active system, allowing users to access data archive storage devices or data archiving plans quickly for easy retrieval and better information storage.

The advantages of archiving data include ensuring production systems use fewer resources, run more efficiently, and reduce storage costs overall.

More specifically, the advantages of data archiving are:

  • Increased capacity — .
  • Easier backup 
  • Improved ability to meet compliance requirements 
  • Enhanced productivity —