It was not too long ago we thought a terabyte of information was a lot. Now we are already dealing with zettabytes of information. That is a 1 with 21 zeros after it, and is equal to 1 billion terabytes. The global total amount of data stored already passed 1 zettabyte, roughly the same amount of information as if everyone in the world was to be posting on Twitter for over a 100 years. As we push technology that makes applications function and form, our thirst for information storage and manipulation increases.

This exponential explosion will force a range of changes in the offsite data storage industry. When we think into the next generation, we are talking many many times more data than today in a very short period of time. We will reach a point where the daily, hourly, per minute and per second total amount of data calculation may outstrip our speed to count it. We all know of the the exponential curve… have a think about it. So what are the challenges we are facing when many of today’s practical solutions will just not apply anymore?

• Continuous Data Protection. The new technology is changing the way that we think about offsite backup services, and any data protection, backup and recovery. Combining these systems into continuous composite and simultaneous processes are the way of the future.

• Tape – will it go the way of the dinosaurs? As we increase the need of volume, speed and accuracy we will find that many technologies will fall. Newer storage technologies will soon replace tape-based systems. As expectation and demands for service levels increase, tape-based storage and transport will just not keep pace. This is inevitable except for the most un-used but crucial information storage. Online storage that can handle large transfers of gigantic information will be possible and crucial. A broader range of security measures and other strategic developments will be necessary so that we can keep large amounts of information shared and stored in several places while secure.

• Dump duplicate. It is interesting to note while our storage of information is growing at increasing rates, only 25% of any given data is unique. How far will sharing go so that we can take away duplicate information storage. Imagine if there was only one location that stored each of these words and letters that you are reading and they were accessed by everyone. This is the kind of extreme that we can see the direction of information sharing we could see in the future as technologies develop and increase.

Newer technologies such as continuous data protection and de-duplication are a taste of the way that we will see changes in data storage technology. Techniques and technologies can take sudden leaps with creative solutions that come from outside the box. Development is not a slow and universal process, and those companies that offer new and dynamic offsite backup service strategies, will capture the market. The companies that cling to older techniques in the coming decade will find themselves fast out of date.

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