Long Term Storage
Long Term Storage refers to the practice of storing data for extended periods, typically years or decades, with a focus on durability, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility over time. It involves strategies and technologies designed to preserve data integrity, manage retention policies, and ensure data can be retrieved reliably in the future, often for compliance, archival, or historical analysis purposes.
Developers should learn about Long Term Storage when building systems that require data retention for regulatory compliance (e.g., financial or healthcare records), archival of historical data (e.g., logs, backups), or large-scale data lakes for analytics. It is essential for applications where data must remain accessible and uncorrupted over long durations, such as in cloud storage solutions, enterprise databases, or digital preservation projects.