Data archiving is a critically important topic for IT departments. With the amount of data a business accumulates now doubling every 12 to 18 months, IT professionals need to know how to develop a system for archiving important database data, in a way that both satisfies regulatory requirements and is durable and secure. This book is focused solely on solving the problem of archiving database data, not on other forms of data such as emails or documents, which require different solutions. It begins with a basic overview of database archiving, provides the business case for undertaking a database archiving project, then details the methods and tools needed to accomplish the task.