Wanted to get some thoughts on what people are doing for Long Term Data Retention - specifically on obsolete applications.
Say we have an NT 4.0 system that is no longer used. Business owner says we need to keep for 25 years. I know not practical/possible for a number of reasons. Even if we Vmware it, will they support NT 4.0 for 25 years? (Will ANYBODY support Windows 2008 in 25 years?) I know even if they take a DB dump and I Archive it for 25 years, if we retrieve the file 20 years from now, who can decipher it? There are several systems here that people are giving hints that they want to do this. I have hinted that they need to take whatever data and dump it to a text or pdf file and then I archive that. I realize that this may not be that simple for some applications as probably involves more than a simple data dump or whatever. Plus some applications are spread across multiple servers. So, before we have big meeting and I push the text or pdf file idea, what are people doing for retention of data on obsolete servers/applications? Thanks, David Longo ##################################### This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain private, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. #####################################
