Value Of Storage Capacity DLT — The Capacity To Do More

The term "capacity" has many connotations. They range from technical applications to the more abstract. A selection of these can be seen below:

• Ability to perform or produce
• The maximum production possible
• The amount that can be contained
• The power to learn or retain knowledge

It is intriguing how the desire for capacity is related to all of these aspects when looking at the backup, recovery and archive of data. Each element of capacity is a critical link to the successful completion of securing one's data and ultimately the corporate intellectual capital of any organization.

The Information Technology environment has experienced myriad changes due to pressures from within the organization and from outside the IT managers' domain. From within are the ever increasing amounts of applications-generated storage. Externally, the flood of regulations and demands of customers and clients drive the need for larger data storage systems. As IT managers look to address their company's burgeoning storage needs, in cost and time effective ways, the root of the problem is the raw quantity of data. Quantity quickly turns to capacity.