Hot storage, essentially, is data that needs to be accessed immediately and nowhere is this clearer than when a business-critical machine fails and must be restored. We can think of backups as ‘hot data’, a relatively small number of backups that are kept on a fast storage media for quick access in the event of disaster to minimise potential downtime. The performance and ‘capacity for price’ of storing the data will inversely correlate to the volume of data that is being stored. A common example you will see is hot and cold data. The main difference between backups and archives is how frequently they are accessed and the speed at which they have to be accessed, both of these factors will influence how they are stored. Archives will most often be seen in enterprise settings, where having long records of important documents is necessary for regulatory and legal reasons. However, the purpose of an archive is to store long-term records of inactive data, covering for any possible future requirements of inactive data.
What is an archive?Īn archive is similar to a backup in terms of it being a copy of your data. With an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape, having a backup of your data has never been so important. The value of having backups is clear, protection from accidental deletion and system failure to malicious damage and encryption. This data can be individual files and folders, Operating Systems, or even entire systems. What is a backup?Ī backup is a copy of your data that can be restored at a later date.
By understanding the differences between the two, you can maximise the efficiency of your storage.
While it’s true that the same data (an image set) may be contained in both, the way they are stored, the frequency they’re accessed, and their purpose are often different. A common misconception is that archives and backups are the same.
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