Nine Steps to Successful Application Information Lifecycle Management

Overview

Over the past few years, the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has promoted the concept of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) as a means of better aligning the business value of data with the most appropriate and cost-effective IT infrastructure—from the time information is added to the database until it can be destroyed. However, the SNIA does not
recommend specific tools to get the job done or how best to use tools to implement ILM.

While the SNIA defines what an ILM system should accomplish, it does not specify any particular technology for implementing application ILM. Archiving is one approach that can be particularly
effective—if organizations follow these best practices to ensure the optimal management of data during its life cycle.