<s>
In	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
,	O
an	O
information	B-Protocol
repository	I-Protocol
or	O
simply	O
a	O
repository	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
central	O
place	O
in	O
which	O
an	O
aggregation	O
of	O
data	O
is	O
kept	O
and	O
maintained	O
in	O
an	O
organized	O
way	O
,	O
usually	O
in	O
computer	O
storage.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
IBM	O
tried	O
to	O
have	O
OfficeVision	B-Application
combine	O
mainframes	O
and	O
PCs	O
to	O
enable	O
"	O
an	O
information	O
repository.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
OneNote	B-Application
as	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
2003	O
;	O
it	O
would	O
support	O
"	O
a	O
personal	O
information	O
repository.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repository	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
easy	O
way	O
to	O
deploy	O
a	O
secondary	O
tier	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
that	O
can	O
comprise	O
multiple	O
,	O
networked	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
technologies	I-General_Concept
running	O
on	O
diverse	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
where	O
data	O
that	O
no	O
longer	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
primary	O
storage	O
is	O
protected	O
,	O
classified	O
according	O
to	O
captured	O
metadata	O
,	O
processed	O
,	O
de-duplicated	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
purged	O
,	O
automatically	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
data	O
service	O
level	O
objectives	O
and	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repositories	I-Protocol
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
resources	O
are	O
virtualized	O
as	O
composite	O
storage	O
sets	O
and	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
federated	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repositories	I-Protocol
were	O
developed	O
to	O
mitigate	O
problems	O
arising	O
from	O
data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
and	O
eliminate	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
separately	O
deployed	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
solutions	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
concurrent	O
deployment	O
of	O
diverse	O
storage	O
technologies	O
running	O
diverse	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
feature	O
centralized	O
management	O
for	O
all	O
deployed	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
reasons	O
for	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
an	O
federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repository	I-Protocol
is	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
maintenance	O
workload	O
placed	O
on	O
IT	B-General_Concept
staff	I-General_Concept
by	O
traditional	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
systems	O
,	O
federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repositories	I-Protocol
are	O
automated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
is	O
processed	O
according	O
to	O
media	O
type	O
,	O
storage	B-Application
pool	I-Application
,	O
and	O
storage	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repositories	I-Protocol
are	O
intended	O
to	O
reduce	O
IT	B-General_Concept
staff	I-General_Concept
workload	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
deploy	O
and	O
offer	O
configuration	O
flexibility	O
,	O
virtually	O
limitless	O
extensibility	O
,	O
redundancy	O
,	O
and	O
reliable	O
failover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Federated	O
information	B-Protocol
repositories	I-Protocol
feature	O
robust	O
,	O
client	O
based	O
data	O
search	O
and	O
recovery	O
capabilities	O
that	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
permissions	O
,	O
enable	O
end	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
the	O
information	B-Protocol
repository	I-Protocol
,	O
view	O
information	B-Protocol
repository	I-Protocol
contents	O
,	O
including	O
data	O
on	O
off-line	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
recover	O
individual	O
files	O
or	O
multiple	O
files	O
to	O
either	O
their	O
original	O
network	B-Architecture
computer	O
or	O
another	O
network	B-Architecture
computer	O
.	O
</s>
