In this video Damon will be discussing Data Archiving and the how this differs to backups. 
This will be covering data archiving from a home users perspective right the way up to enterprise users. 

The main topics in the video also include the following


1. What archive data isn't
2. The different data types (static or inactive)
3. The benefits of archiving data
4. Storage media for Archiving
5. The different way to implement an archive.

Optical media offers some real tangible benefits in 2021. it should be considered an addition to cloud and magnetic technologies but only if your data is right for the media. Lets find out if your data is right for optical media. 

1. You need to keep the data from being changed - when data is burned to an inorganic compound by the lasers no ransomware or users can delete or change it
   
2. You need to keep data for 100 years- optical is tested for storing data for 100 years
   
3. You need media that has unique properties - optical is not affected by magnets, EMP events or solar storms - it can be stored in a standard office environment - it can also survive being submerged 
   
4. You need fast random access to your data 
   
5. Data integrity is critical - Sonys optical disk has the lowest bit error rate of any storage media making it 100x more reliable than hard drives with a bit error rate of 10 to 15 - this statistically means if you store 11pb on hard disk you would have 100 bits of data that are incorrectly stored - the Sony ODA would have 0

Sony's 3rd gen of ODA provides all of the benefits storing 5.5 tb on a single cartridge. and transferring data at 375 mb/s