Information Storage Management Certification question Library FAQ Series 5

 

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Archiving solution architecture consists of three key components:

• Archiving agent,
• Archiving server,
• Archiving storage device

An archiving agent is software installed on the application server. the agent is responsible for scanning the data that can be archived based on the policy defined on the archiving server. after the data is identified for archiving, the agent sends the data to the archiving server. then the original data on the application server is replaced with a stub file. the stub fi le contains the address of the archived data. the size of this file is small and significantly saves space on primary storage. this stub file is used to retrieve the fi le from the archive storage device.

 

An archiving server is software installed on a host that enables administrators to configure the specified ies for archiving data. policies can be defined based on file size, fi le type, or creation/modification/access time. the Archiving server has es the data to be archived from the agent and sends it to the archive storage device.

 

An archiving storage device stores fixed content. Different types of storage media options such as optical, tapes, and low-cost disk drives are available for archiving.

 

Answer:

Archiving agent.