Enterprise storage - Definition and Overview

Enterprise storage is the field of information technology focused on the storage, protection, and retrieval of data in large-scale environments. It is differentiated from consumer storage in many practical ways, ranging from the size of the environment to the technologies used.

Enterprise Storage has four focus areas:

• Storage - Online random access storage and protection of data
• Backup - Offline sequential access storage for data protection
• Archiving - Offline storage of content, as opposed to data
• Disaster Recovery - Protection of data from localized disasters focused on business continuity planning