Why outdated assumptions about archive storage could be putting your organization at risk — and how Atempo Miria helps you stay ahead.
In the rush to manage exploding volumes of unstructured data, many organizations treat archiving as a set-it-and-forget-it problem. But misconceptions about archiving persist — and they’re more than just annoying. They're dangerous.
In this post, we break down three of the most common archiving myths, explain why they’re risky, and share how Atempo Miria protects you from making costly mistakes.
This myth is everywhere: archiving means taking old data and throwing it into the cheapest, deepest storage you can find — where you hope to never see it again.
The Risk:
This “dump and forget” approach works… until you need something back. Whether it’s for compliance, re-use, or audit, archive recall that takes hours (or fails entirely) can bring workflows to a halt and put your team in damage-control mode.
How Atempo Miria Helps:
Atempo Miria treats archive as a living, accessible data tier. Our scalable indexing, metadata management, and high-performance recall workflows ensure archived data is readily available when it’s needed — not trapped in a silo. Whether you're working with object, NAS, or tape, Miria makes smart archive a reality.
This one’s a classic: if you're backing data up regularly, you must be protected, right?
The Risk:
Backups and archives serve fundamentally different purposes. Backups are short-term recovery points. Archives are long-term, structured, often immutable datasets. Using backup tools for archive needs leads to expensive over-provisioning, poor data hygiene, and major compliance risks.
How Atempo Miria Helps:
Miria is purpose-built for enterprise-scale archiving — not backup with an “archive” checkbox. We support long-term retention policies, object lock, WORM support, chain-of-custody documentation, and flexible tiering strategies. This is not backup stretched too far. This is intelligent, policy-based data lifecycle management.
The cloud is compelling — flexible, scalable, everywhere. But assuming it’s always the lowest-cost archive option can backfire.
The Risk:
Archive cost isn’t just storage price per TB. It includes egress fees, rehydration costs, retrieval latency, and regulatory constraints. For high-volume, high-frequency, or compliance-bound archives, cloud alone may actually be the most expensive and least predictable option.
How Atempo Miria Helps:
Miria offers full support for hybrid archive architectures — cloud, object, NAS, tape, or combinations of all. You stay in control of your archive strategy, cost, and compliance. Choose the best-fit tier for each dataset, and change tiers as business needs evolve — without vendor lock-in.
Archiving isn’t just about freeing up space. It’s about managing the long-term value of your data — securely, affordably, and intelligently. Falling for myths may seem harmless at first, but the cost of a poorly planned archive will catch up quickly.
Atempo Miria gives you the tools to archive with confidence:
✔️ Tier-aware, policy-driven workflows
✔️ Indexing and metadata for fast recall
✔️ Immutable storage with full auditability
✔️ Support for petabyte-scale, cross-platform environments
Ready to debunk the myths in your data strategy?
👉 Book a Discovery Call to learn more about archiving with Atempo Miria.