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Data Archiving Software

Data archiving solutions move inactive communications and records into long-term, lower-cost, policy-governed storage that stays instantly retrievable — from every mailbox you have, cloud, on-prem, or long-dead.

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Sealed, hash-verified records · Built for SEC 17a-4, FINRA, HIPAA & CJIS programmes · Email, Teams chats, Drive, AI assistants & more

What is data archiving?

Data archiving moves information that is no longer in active use into long-term, lower-cost, policy-governed storage where it remains secure and retrievable. Unlike a backup, an archive is the system of record retained to satisfy compliance, governance, and eDiscovery obligations — indexed, tamper-evident, and searchable for as long as your retention rules require.

Key capabilities

Capture every channel you run
Microsoft 365 (including Teams chats), Google Workspace, on-prem Exchange, IMAP/POP3 mailboxes, S3, R2, SFTP, NAS shares, and Claude Enterprise AI conversations — unified in one archive.
Sealed, hash-verified storage
Tamper-evident records on a hash-chained ledger, with cryptographic integrity for defensible recordkeeping.
Retention & lifecycle
Policy-driven retention schedules with defensible deletion when records reach end of life.
Classification & PII detection
Auto-classification and PII/PHI detection — 18 checksum-verified DLP detectors across 12 countries — so the right controls apply to the right data.
Fast search
Semantic plus Boolean, proximity, and fielded metadata search across the entire archive — fast enough to refine a query in place rather than submit it and wait.
Storage efficiency
Single-instance storage and ROT (redundant, obsolete, trivial) cleanup reduce footprint and cost.

Why Grotabyte for data archiving

  • One archive of record for email, chats, files, and AI conversations — not a separate silo per data type
  • Defensible by design: hash-chained ledger, chain of custody, and audit trails
  • AI-assisted search and classification turn the archive into a usable knowledge asset
  • Aligned to SEC 17a-4, FINRA, MiFID II, FOIA, HIPAA, and CJIS — with dual-controlled GDPR Art. 17 erasure

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between data archiving and backup?

A backup is a short-term copy used to restore systems after a failure. A data archive is the long-term, tamper-evident system of record kept for compliance and discovery. They solve different problems — recovery vs. provable retention and production.

What kinds of data can Grotabyte archive?

Email from Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, on-prem Exchange, and any IMAP or POP3 mailbox; Teams chats; OneDrive, SharePoint, and Drive files; Claude Enterprise AI conversations; S3, R2, SFTP, and NAS folders; and legacy PST, OST, EML, MSG, and MBOX files by upload.

How does archiving reduce storage cost?

Moving inactive data to policy-governed archive storage, plus single-instance storage and defensible deletion of redundant/obsolete/trivial data, shrinks the active footprint while keeping records retrievable.

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