Exchange archiving for storage optimization
"There are numerous benefits associated with archiving Microsoft Exchange e-mail data. For example, archiving facilitates litigation searches and e-discovery, allows for more complete journaling, and provides storage benefits for both mailboxes and the storage devices themselves. In this article, I will focus on the latter -- how archiving can be used for storage optimization.
Reducing storage costs is the most common motivation for e-mail archiving. In fact, 90% of deployments I have been involved with were solely implemented for storage savings. However, storage savings mean different things to different people. For some, it means compressing e-mail to reduce licensing and storage hardware costs. For others it’s creating a “bottomless mailbox” for end users. For the purposes of this article, it will mean both."
Reducing storage costs is the most common motivation for e-mail archiving. In fact, 90% of deployments I have been involved with were solely implemented for storage savings. However, storage savings mean different things to different people. For some, it means compressing e-mail to reduce licensing and storage hardware costs. For others it’s creating a “bottomless mailbox” for end users. For the purposes of this article, it will mean both."
