ILM: Start Now, Save Now
Information life-cycle management (ILM) has been hyped as a better way for CIOs to align storage costs and deal with regulatory compliance. It does indeed hold promise. Because it's content-aware, it allows organizations to automate their document and data-retention policies. And although compliance efforts are typically seen as a cost drain, ILM implementations can often provide a net savings by optimizing the use of expensive storage devices and ensuring that data is stored on the least-expensive media appropriate for its usage patterns.
Jay Wood February 2006