This document outlines an IT storage strategy to improve data management effectiveness and efficiency through examining the current storage architecture and known issues, forecasting future storage needs based on business growth and technology trends, and establishing plans for allocating, backing up, migrating, recalling, archiving, and deleting data across different storage types according to performance, protection, and other requirements.

1. IT STORAGE STRATEGY

2. Storage DefinitionComputer components, devices and recording media that retains digital data for used for computing for some interval of time

3. Why Storage StrategyImprove effectiveness & efficiency of data managementImprove data availabilityImprove performanceImprove complianceImprove data protectionReduce storage costProvide insight to future needs

4. Current positionExplain current storage architecture, utilisation and availability

5. Known issuesExplain problems/issues/restrictions of current position

6. Technology trendsExplain technology trends in storage

7. Growth forecastIdentify some new business projects that will require more storage

8. Future visionForecast 3 yrs growth based onForecast users/business expectationBudget available to spendAvailability of technology

9. Storage Cycle

10. AllocateOn correct storage typeBased on performance & protection requirementBackupsFrequency VersionsLocation

11. RestoreVersionsUrgencyMigrateTimeValueStorage pyramid

12. RecallTimeTransparencyDisaster RecoveryHardwareSite

13. ArchiveTermRequirementsContentRetrieveLocation

14. DeleteRequirementsVersions

15. Storage typeDescribe the storage types availableRelate to storage pyramid