What really is a gigabyte in an eDiscovery solution? This post from Avansic discusses the obvious and not-so-obvious costs of eDiscovery data storage.

As discussed in this post by Dr. Gavin W. Manes (eDiscovery Data Storage: The Obvious and Not-So-Obvious Costs, available here), most collected gigabytes of data won’t be processed or loaded to a review tool. Even if it makes it into a review tool, most of it probably won’t be relevant.

That’s only part of the consideration. As Gavin notes, in the iCONECT platform, a storage report is automatically generated every night that tells his team the total amount of gigabytes that a particular project is consuming across all facets of storage within the system. This includes native files and both inbound and outbound produced documents but also details out how much data is stored in SQL, analytics servers, and search indexes. Something similar happens in other eDiscovery tools.

It’s important to understand what’s in the gigabyte that you’re paying for and how that gigabyte is stored and backed up.

So, what’s the best way to save costs, whether they’re the obvious or not-so-obvious costs? And how can storing data offline help? Find out here, it’s only one click! After you read it, best practices for eDiscovery data storage will be obvious! 😉

So, what do you think? What’s included in the costs for your eDiscovery solution? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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