Read this white paper to learn how email storage management and email archiving technologies can help optimize resources and reduce risk and cost for your company.
Overcoming Email Storage and Content
Management Challenges White Paper October 2005 Overcoming Email Storage and Content Management Challenges
Table of contents
Overcoming Email Storage and Content Management Challenges Abstract............................................................................................................................................3 Essential communication services ...............................................................................................3 Email and business processes......................................................................................................3 Importance of email.....................................................................................................................3 Email as a communication tool ...................................................................................................4 Email systems introduce challenges ............................................................................................4 Audience......................................................................................................................................4 Introduction......................................................................................................................................5 Challenges surrounding email systems........................................................................................5 Not all email created equal ..........................................................................................................5 Email system assessments ...........................................................................................................5 Gap analysis.................................................................................................................................5 Email system capabilities and legal compliance .........................................................................6 How to proceed............................................................................................................................7 About this white paper.................................................................................................................7 Consolidated, Tiered Storage Infrastructure ....................................................................................8 Benefits of Consolidation ............................................................................................................8 Consolidation and Management ..................................................................................................8 Migrations and Upgrades.............................................................................................................8 Tiered Storage Model ..................................................................................................................9 Email Recovery..............................................................................................................................10 Demand for email recovery .......................................................................................................10 Fundamental backup of email systems......................................................................................10 Beyond fundamental recovery...................................................................................................11 Addressing data redundancy......................................................................................................11 Addressing complex data structures ..........................................................................................11 Addressing shrinking backup windows.....................................................................................12 Addressing data integrity...........................................................................................................12 Email Availability..........................................................................................................................13 Email availability solutions .......................................................................................................13 Server clustering technologies...................................................................................................13 Disaster Recovery.................................. [download for more]
