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Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Has some value.

Mostly overhyped by vendors running out of hardware to sell.
The real answer is CAS (Content Addressed Storage).
Delivered the way Njini does it.
http://www.njini.com

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The Five Phase View of the ILM Circular Process for IoD
<== Assess ==> <== Strategy ==> <== Design ==> <== Implement ==> <== Manage ==>
IoD is a concept to achieve a Strategic goal. IoD requires the Pervasive Information Fabric using agents and multi-agents. To achieve this architecture the ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) phases of Strategy, Design and Implement must coordinate. The ILM phases of Assess and Manage are monitoring activities of the Pervasive Information Fabric.
IoD Strategy

an ILM enabled IT infrastructure

E2EIoD (End-to-End IoD)

an ILM enabled IoD Strategy and Architecture

Front-Office
Front-End
User-Facing
ROI
Search ==>
<== Find
<== Obtain
E2EIoD Processes and Architecture Search ==>
<== Find
<== Obtain
Back-Office
Back-End
Storage-Facing
TCO
E2EIoD Processes

The basic IT processes of ILM for the E2EIoD Process Information areas of Online, Nearline, Offline

<== Online ==> <== <== ==> ==> <== Nearline ==> <== <== ==> ==> <== Offline ==>
Configuration Replication Migration Re-Configuration Redeployment
Typically new Units of
Information (UoI) and/or
Technology (UoT) coming
Online, Nearline, or Offline
Online, Nearline,
Active mirrors
Nearline, Offline,
Passive mirrors
The redeployment or
decommissioning of
UoT (Units of Technology)
The process of
decommissioning and
re-commissioning
SLM/SLA

(Service Level Management/Agreement System)

Event Management System
Event Notification System
InfoTone System
SFO
(Search-Find-Obtain)
IHA
(Information High Availability)
II
(Information Integrity)
DR
(Disaster Recovery)
BC
(Business Continuance)
Lower Metric Processes
InfoTone Connect System
SFO
(Search-Find-Obtain)
IHA
(Information High Availability)
II
(Information Integrity)
DR
(Disaster Recovery)
BC
(Business Continuance)
SFO is the key process for the Findability feature of IoD Information High Availability Backup/Recovery
Archive/Retrieve
Migrate/Recall
Information-Replication
Disaster-Recovery
Disaster Recovery Business Continuance
ILM Lower Metric Definitions

(a work in progress)

MUoI MUoT SLA (Service Level Agreement) UoI UoT


Just how would a person use all this?...

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