DATA CONSUMERS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE NUMBERS AND ARE HAPPY TO LET IT GROW , SO LONG AS THEY CAN ACCESS IT FOR THEIR NEEDS . consumers are contributing to these numbers and are happy to let it grow , so long as they can access it for their needs . “ And herein lies the challenge faced by data centre leaders ; how do you control that data growth , without impacting consumer requirements ?” questions Molyneux .
INTRODUCING A SOLID SET OF COMPLIANCE RULES WILL GREATLY AID DATA CENTRE LEADERS IN CONTROLLING GROWTH AND FINANCIAL SPEND AND AID THEIR PRESENTATION OF DATA TO CONSUMERS .
EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
HOW CAN WE PERSUADE CONSUMERS TO USE LESS DATA IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON DATA CENTRES ?
he amount of data
T in existence today is placing huge amounts of pressure on data centre facilities . Mark Molyneux , EMEA CTO at Cohesity , discusses ESG research , commissioned by Cohesity , which shows data growth rates at more than 3,000 organisations reported that : 39 % of the companies surveyed saw data volumes increase by up to 20 % each year , 31 % said they grew up to 50 % annually and 28 % saw their data swell by more than 50 % each year . Data
DATA CONSUMERS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE NUMBERS AND ARE HAPPY TO LET IT GROW , SO LONG AS THEY CAN ACCESS IT FOR THEIR NEEDS . consumers are contributing to these numbers and are happy to let it grow , so long as they can access it for their needs . “ And herein lies the challenge faced by data centre leaders ; how do you control that data growth , without impacting consumer requirements ?” questions Molyneux .
He says the answer lies in compliance and regulation , underpinned by security . “ Data , often in fragmented silos spread across their environments , has limited rules in place for retention and this is where we see the growing mountain of uncontrolled data causing pressure on data centre leaders . They are continually forced to scale platforms up / out and even forced into moving data off premise in an attempt to ease capacity at their sites .”
Molyneux believes that introducing a solid set of compliance rules will greatly aid data centre leaders in controlling growth and financial spend and aid their presentation of data to consumers . “ Every company will have a Relevant Record Strategy that sets out what it needs to retain and for how long ,” Molyneux continued . “ Companies that have these in place are very good at applying the rules to physical paper or to applications , but typically fall short when it comes to stored data . Many firms do not classify their data in line with the record strategy and this is how the data mountain grows uncontrollably . When data is classified , it makes it very simple
INTRODUCING A SOLID SET OF COMPLIANCE RULES WILL GREATLY AID DATA CENTRE LEADERS IN CONTROLLING GROWTH AND FINANCIAL SPEND AND AID THEIR PRESENTATION OF DATA TO CONSUMERS .
for technology to solely retain relevant data for a defined period . By introducing rules of control you start to positively impact your data footprint and become more sustainable in the use of both technology and locations , and of course you are fully compliant to regulations .” www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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