Data Archiving is the process of moving, storing, and retaining inactive or infrequently accessed data from primary storage systems or databases to secondary storage repositories or long-term storage mediums, such as tape libraries, cloud storage, or archival storage systems, for compliance, regulatory, legal, or historical purposes. Data archiving reduces storage costs, optimizes primary storage performance, and maintains data accessibility, integrity, and retention requirements over extended periods. Data archiving strategies include data classification, retention policies, access controls, encryption, indexing, and metadata management to ensure efficient storage, retrieval, and lifecycle management of archived data assets.
