Week 13 – Day 2

Major Data Storage Problems

LIVING IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ERA

Objectives

 At the end of this topic, the students should be able to:

 Understand the major problems of big data; and

 Demonstrate knowledge on the topic that had been discussed.
Management

 Data can be generated and collected from multiple different sources so a management system
must be used to organize and collate all the sources.
 There are few data-sharing standards and thousands of data management tools available.
Security

 For data to be of value to enterprises.

 It must be kept secure and only accessible by authorized users.
 Redundancy

 Safeguards should be in place to maintain the integrity of the stored data.

 Processes for backups, redundancy, and disaster recovery are required.
Analytics

 Big data contains both structured and unstructured data.

 Unstructured data such as emails or photos, are difficult to analyze and consume a lot of
storage space.
 Structured data such as a spreadsheet, is easier to analyze and store.
 Data storage systems must be able to manage both types.
Access

 Big Data must be accessible from anywhere at anytime.

 Storage solutions need to support the quantity of input and output requests.
 Companies should also be aware of the strain placed on WAN links.