Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Database Essentials

Examining your growth pattern

Many companies experience exponential growth in their data storage needs. The business might grow to meet demand or might absorb additional data due to acquisition. The database administrator must be informed when business decisions are being made to be able to plan for growth. Some growth is warranted, but in most cases a great deal of data is stored that should be archived out of the database and put on backup media. For information that is not directly related to current production requirements, one option is to use a secondary machine with available disk space. This machine can serve as both secondary storage for archival data and as a development or replication server. Moving data that is not mission-critical off the production machine to another location, you can employ less expensive disks on the archival side and more expensive disks for production use.