Good Indexing Means Good Archiving
Good Indexing Means Good Archiving
An important aspect of Email (and file) archival is the performance of the index engine that is embedded in the archival solution. Traditionally the index engine is only considered for its search performance. And the importance of good search in an email archival solutions is crucial. But the index engine also plays an important role in legal discovery, retention management and data classification.
Legal discovery, for example, is improved if the archive solution can automatically place search data on litigation hold, or can exclude data from discovery that is confidential. For retention management, it is beneficial if the archive solution can automatically assign retention policies to specific content, or mark certain content for deletion. And for data classification, it is nice when search data is automatically flagged for review or held in quarantine preventing data loss.
All three examples rely on an index engine that can accurately search the archive, including the archive meta data. I recommend when you compare email archive solutions, not only compare search capability, but look for the add-on features that extend the index capabilities beyond just search to legal workflow, retention management and data classification.
The Mimosa archival solution was designed with discovery in mind. Its index engine allows the NearPoint archive platform to perform realiable search, and take the same search results and process the results as outlined above for legal workflow, retention and classification. All in the same solution, no 3rd-party add-on products are required. This simplified approach to archiving saves you time and money and gives you more reliable results.
Tags: Email, Email Archiving, index, search
