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Documents have to be stored for several purposes such as generating decision-support information, enforcing legal rights, complying with statutory requirements, and recording history. Storing electronic data for long periods face several potential problems such as obsolescence of storage media and the software to read the data recorded on the media. It's in this context that the issue of electronic document storage requires special attention.
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Ten Things You Should Know about Document Storage
Author: Manuel J. Montesino


Documents have to be stored not only during 
their current periods but for years thereafter 
(forever in some cases). Statutory and litigation 
requirements and preservation of history, for 
example, make such storage necessary. Storing 
documents needs storage media, which costs 
money. Hence, it is important to optimize 
document storage by removing unwanted 
documents at the earliest time and avoiding 
redundancy of documents. 
 
1. Government regulations stipulate that different kinds of documents be 
preserved for specified periods, such as seven years. Litigation possibility 
requires that documents that might be needed as evidence in a lawsuit be 
preserved as long as there is a remote possibility that a lawsuit might be 
filed. For these and other reasons, document storage for long periods 
should be understood as unavoidable. 
2. Documents are stored on storage devices ranging from paper and filing 
cabinets to microfilm, magnetic tape, hard disks, CD/DVD and solid state 
devices like flash drives. The media differ in terms of costs, durability of 
stored data, ease of handling and portability. 
3. Storage can be primary as when data is stored on on‐line hard disks and can 
be accessed in milliseconds by the system. It can be stored on less expensive 
secondary near‐line media such as robotic devices that retrieve and mount 
needed media as called for by the system in seconds. Data can also be stored 
on least cost (and safer) off‐line in removable media as backup or archive, to 
be accessed infrequently if necessary. 
4. On‐line storage is necessary for frequently used current data. If too much 
data is stored on‐line, it can affect system performance, slowing it down. 
Hence, it is a good practice to remove infrequently used data to secondary or 
off‐line media. 
5. Secondary storage media are near‐line in that the data can be made 
accessible in seconds. The data is stored on removable media that are 
stacked in a device with robotic arms. On receiving a system command, the 
arm will retrieve a selected media and mount it on an on‐line drive. This 
operation is typically performed in seconds so that there is no appreciable 
delay in accessing the data in secondary storage. 
6. Data is stored off‐line on removable media not only because they are used 
infrequently but also because the media can be stored away in less expensive 
and safer premises. For example, backups of data will be needed only if the 

primary data is lost and can be stored in separate premises so that events 
like a fire at the primary location do not affect the backup. 
7. It is a common practice to monitor the access rates to different types of on‐
line data and move the infrequently accessed types to near‐line storage. This 
can be done automatically and can optimize system performance. 
8. The media stored in the near‐line storage devices are catalogued so that the 
system knows where each piece of data resides and can command the robotic 
arm to retrieve just the right disk and mount it on‐line, when the need arises. 
9. Offline storage protects data from the risks to which on‐line data are exposed 
to, such as virus and hacker attacks, power fluctuations and system crashes. 
Remote storage of off‐line data can even protect it from natural disasters like 
fire, flood and earthquakes that might affect data stored on the primary 
locations. 
10. Electronic data can suffer from readability problems if they are stored long in 
the same format. File formats, storage media devices and software 
applications can all go through major changes as Information Technology 
changes. This can render old data unreadable. One solution to this problem is 
to transfer the old data to new format media on a regular basis.  
 
Data that are needed for current processing needs are stored on on‐line storage 
media such as hard disks and RAID systems. Data that might be needed only 
infrequently can be stored on near‐line robotic devices with the ability to make 
them accessible in seconds. Backup and archival data are typically stored on off‐line 
media that can also be stored remotely to keep them away from dangers like a fire at 
the primary location. 
 
About Author: 
Ademero, Inc. develops document storage system. Based largely on user 
experience, the company's flagship product, Content Central™, is a browser‐based 
Document Management Systems created to provide businesses and other 
organizations with a convenient way to capture, retrieve, and manage information 
originating in hard copy or digital form. Access a live preview of this Electronic 
Document Management System by visiting the Ademero web site. 
 
 
 
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