ALSO CALLED: Quota Management, Disk Management, Tape Storage, Disk Quota Management, Storage, Network Storage, Data Storage Management, HSM, Disk Storage, Hierarchical Storage Management, Managing Storage
DEFINITION: HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management) is policy-based management of file backup and archiving in a way that uses storage devices economically and without the user needing to be aware of when files are being retrieved from backup storage media. Although HSM can be implemented on a standalone system, it is more frequently used in the distributed network of an enterprise.