Data is not stored in an orderly and structured manner, not like in Tetris, where the oldest is at the bottom and disappears at some point. No, it is no coincidence that unstructured data has exactly the same name: It is often stored in swelling directory structures in deep directories. And they clog the system to the point of collapse.
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The volume of data on most enterprise file systems has been growing at a rate of about 20-40% per year.
Along with Energy costs and administrative expenses the effort required for the necessary Data Management faster every year.
The proportion of redundant, obsolete and trivial data, known as ROT data for short, is growing. An ever smaller proportion of all data is still needed, but it is precisely this important data that gets lost in complex structures among a lot of legacy data.
Far too much data that is far too old!
Wherever current files should actually be, these mountains of old data are piling up. They clog up directories, complicate administration, disrupt users' work and slow down backups.
Specifically, on average 50% of all data archived immediately and more 30% deleted directly which would significantly reduce the data storage costs in one fell swoop. But how can old and new data be separated from one another in such a complex directory structure?
- 09/04/2025in Efficiency, Safety
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