Cold Storage
Search Storage, Thursday, October 5,2023
Cold storage is a computer system or mode of operation designed for the retention of inactive data.
Examples of data types for which cold storage may be suitable include information a business is required to keep for regulatory compliance, as well as video, photographs, and data that is saved for backup, archival or disaster recovery purposes.
Benefits and examples of cold storage
High-performance primary storage is generally considered too expensive for inactive data that is retained on a long-term or indefinite basis. Design priorities for cold storage may include low cost, high capacity and data durability.
Data retrieval and response time can be significantly slower for a cold storage system than for devices or systems designed for active data.