Measuring frequency of data access

[Bill]

"It is accepted that the vast majority of information generated in business today "matures" with remarkable rapidity; reliable estimates have shown that more than 80 percent of data stored is rarely, if ever, accessed after it is 90 days old. In such common enterprise scenarios it is readily apparent that some form of ILM solution should be deployed."

The above is from Tony Lock at : http://it-director.com/article.php?articleid=12806

Here's my question for those of you that are more technically inclined ... what's the best way to measure how frequently data is being accessed. Please reply on the forum!

[victoria]

Bill,

Depending on what the data is analysed for and what advantage it would provide to the storage community.....

I would phathom that you could collectively gather information from Storage facilities that house documents.

Most document storage facilities have the capability to generate reports based on overall warehouse activity as well as individual company activity. The reports are compiled of data regarding document retrieval, refile, destruction, and perm-out activity on a monthly basis.

Of course, warehouses house confidenial data so obtaining statisics would have to be requested at a very high level and even then I'm not sure of the recourse.

I agree with your comment. It is typical with most industries that data becomes semi-active to in-active after 90 days. Although, the type of industry plays a roll in the activity of the data's activity.

[Bill]

Vickie,

Thanks much for your reply. I think it would be very interesting indeed to see what kind of stats are available from data warehouses ... and as I look for more relevant content for CAS community I'll be keeping that in mind.

When I was asking the question originally, I did not make myself clear enough -- I am hoping to also learn about what kind of software tools people are using to measure "maturation" of information ... this could be helpful to storage pros as they're making recommendations about storage strategies.

Thanks!
Bill