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Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) defines strategic principles and operational processes that govern information from creation through use, storage, archival and deletion. Its goals are legal compliance, cost efficiency and improved data availability via classification, retention rules and automated lifecycle policies. ILM aligns organizational requirem…
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Information lifecycle management controls information from creation through use and retention to archiving or deletion.
The approach grew from records management and storage administration as organizations needed to control the order, evidential value, and cost of expanding information holdings. Records standards and technical features such as S3 lifecycle rules turn the idea into organizational and automated procedures.
Think of a sorting station with a schedule: new information stays close at hand, rarely used material moves to cheaper storage, and binding retention periods end in archiving or deletion.
Periods determine how long information must remain available.
Use and protection needs influence how a holding is handled.
At the end, information is archived or deleted according to policy.
ILM connects retention obligations with storage and operational decisions. It avoids both premature deletion and indefinite storage without a purpose.
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