Content and Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) solutions allow organizations to move less important data to inexpensive storage media while retaining the most active and important data on faster, more sophisticated media. Less active data might be moved to lower-cost disk or to nearline storage media such as magnetic tape. The process is generally transparent to the user; when the user attempts to access an archived file, the file is automatically retrieved from the storage medium.

Organizations that implement content and hierarchical storage solutions can benefit from greatly reduced management costs, as well as significant savings in disk and tape media. In addition to their inherent advantages, these solutions can also help organizations squeeze the maximum efficiency out of their backup systems. For instance, organizations can archive their business email and store the vast majority on inexpensive disk or tape, while retaining the most recent or most important email at their users' fingertips. Data remains searchable and can be retrieved at the touch of a button.

Cambridge Computer Offers a Number of Solutions for Content & Hierarchical Storage Management, Including:

• ATA disk arrays
• Content Addressable Storage
• Wide area content delivery
• HSM / nearline storage
• Massive capacity file systems