Tag Archives: archiving

DNA for Data Storage

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

In all my years of working with data, there’s one think I’ve learned: it always grow. Over the years, I’ve gone from having to store data in these sizes: A few KB on cassette tapes as a middle school kid … Continue reading →

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Data Overload

Posted on August 9, 2016 by

Data rich and information poor. I think that describes most of the companies I’ve worked for. It’s a theme in this piece from Forbes, noting that many companies use only a fraction of the data they have to make decisions. … Continue reading →

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The Work of the Ancients

Posted on October 2, 2015 by

I was reading a post from someone recently where they noted that they didn’t worry to much about the architecture of the system since it wouldn’t likely last very long. The poster had a comment that many systems are replaced … Continue reading →

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Archive Every Day

Posted on June 9, 2015 by

I regularly see questions posted online from people struggling to manage a large archive process. Often the inserts into an archive table and the deletes from the source require large amounts of resources that strain systems and block other activity. … Continue reading →

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