This document discusses copy data management and provides an overview of copy data. It defines copy data as copies of production databases used for disaster recovery, development/testing, business intelligence, and archiving. The document then discusses the challenges of "copy data sprawl" and compares various methods for obtaining copy data like replication, log shipping, mirroring, snapshots, and copy data virtualization. Key advantages and disadvantages of each method are provided. The document concludes with a bibliography and invitation for questions.