DISC has a long, proven track record of understanding the increasing need for storing all forms of data, not least because of the proliferation of regulations governing the archiving of important data that exist internationally. We will assist you in meeting these requirements to ensure your systems are 100% compliant, while implementing robust, scalable systems that will ensure the security and accessibility of your data in the decades to come.

Studies have concluded that the amount of data created will exceed 988,000,000,000GB (988 Exabytes) by 2010 while the total capacity of installed data storage systems will be 600 EB. Findings show that data stored by large US corporations has risen from 190 TB to 1 Petabyte since 2004. VoIP, compliance, the increasing use of video, email and surveillance systems will put more and more unavoidable pressure on the already stretched available storage resources. Backed by a variety of patents DISC has been at the leading edge of the optical storage evolution for the last 20 years and can help you setup and maintain scalable systems that will ensure peace of mind that your critical data is secure, accessible and retains a long storage life.

Backup is not archiving

Instead of just short term backing-up for disaster recovery, DISC libraries also fulfill all requirements for real long term archiving. Digital archive systems have to be 100% reliable for several generations. A tamper proof and highly available accessibility to the archived data or material also have to be guaranteed. In this regard DISC libraries are ground breaking, superior archiving solutions.

Long term archiving requires standardization

Disc libraries are based on standard,  widely compatible media and platform independent files systems. UDF (Universal Disk Format) was introduced by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA): it offers a most standardized basis for data compatibility and portability between all hard- and software platforms.UDF, together with established file formats, such as PDF-A or TIFF, promises almost unlimited timely accessibility.

Blu-ray Discs, as standardized media type are the best basis for longest term storage.

Compliance - the growing regulation maze

Currently there are around 25,000 national and local statutory regulations world-wide governing the archiving of various industry specific and/or general corporate data for anywhere from 3 to 30 years or beyond. This has to be achieved seamlessly with the primary business process at all times. Data storage is a background task for the most end users. Often, little consideration is given to compliance or Information Lifecycle Management (ILM). This is changing rapidly due to various directives that enforce a legal requirement upon the storage of data. Below are just a few of the many regulations, impacting archiving in certain sectors, which we will help you navigate through.

Recent ILM studies have shown that:

• 19% of corporations have an ILM strategy
• 67% have some idea of what ILM is
• 33% are unaware of what ILM is

As ILM becomes a greater concern for the business world, this will be reflected in demand for archiving systems, and we can assist you to develop and implement governance compliant data storage and retrieval strategies that implement easily into your existing systems and leave you to focus on your primary business.