Phoenix EA™ takes the complexity out of Email Archiving. Phoenix EA understands the structure of Microsoft Exchange. It extracts file data (subject, body, and attachments) out of the control data in which it is embedded so stored emails can be protected and managed as regular file objects. All of the control data is retained, however, so archived emails interoperate with the Exchange server just like any other email data.

Phoenix EA makes it easy to define exactly which emails will be protected or archived. Selection criteria can be as broad as needed to protect or archive all email or as narrow as needed to focus on a small set of targeted emails that require special handling.

Threshold-based Mailbox management controls determine how many files are stored on primary email storage and how much storage space may be used. Thresholds are adjustable and may be established at the server, user, or mailbox level. As a threshold is reached, a Phoenix EAM process starts moving the oldest and largest emails out of the Email system until a minimum threshold level is satisfied.

Managed email files are processed in the Phoenix Information Repository, an active, tiered storage environment. Data service policies in the Information Repository monitor files and ensure that they are preserved on storage resources that meet the email’s service level requirements and recovery time objectives.