The need to archive historical data can stem from different use cases. Your application might have been designed without archiving capability, and growth in your business over time could result in large amounts of historical data. This inevitably leads to degraded performance. You might also retain historical data because of compliance requirements within your organization.
This guide discusses how to archive your historical data in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) with minimal impact to your application and retrieve archived information when you need it.
