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Connect your source
Register the source system and securely connect Datacyclic to the data you need to govern.
- PostgreSQL and relational databases
- Enterprise applications and databases
- Files and object storage
DATACYCLIC DOCUMENTATION
Understand the archive.
Control the lifecycle.
A practical guide to moving enterprise data out of expensive applications while keeping it retained, governed, auditable and accessible.
ArchivingRetentionLegal HoldRestoreAudit
THE PLATFORM IN CONTEXT
Where Datacyclic fits in your architecture
Datacyclic sits between the systems running your business today and the lower-cost archive environment where historical information can live for years.
01 · ENTERPRISE SOURCES
Keep production systems focused on active work.
Historical data does not always need to remain inside the most expensive application or database.
OracleSQL ServerPostgreSQLMySQLFilesObject storesSaaS exports
DATACYCLIC
Archive once.
Keep control.
Extract eligible information, store it efficiently, register the metadata and apply lifecycle controls.
Extract·Preserve metadata·Govern access
03 · LONG-TERM TARGETS
Retain information at the cost and tier that makes sense.
Use customer-controlled storage and keep archived information available when it is required.
AWS S3GlacierAzure BlobGCSOn-prem storageTarget SQL database
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Instead of building a one-off archival project every time an application is retired, teams can standardize on a central archive service with consistent policies, access controls, metadata and operational visibility.
THE ARCHIVE LIFECYCLE
From live data to governed history
Four clear stages. No unnecessary complexity.
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Define what should move
Select tables or data and define archive rules based on business, operational and compliance requirements.
- Table and dataset selection
- Archive eligibility rules
- Retention requirements
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Archive with context
Extract eligible data, optimize it for long-term storage and preserve the metadata needed to understand it later.
- Parquet-based archival
- Schema and metadata capture
- Customer-controlled storage
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Govern the lifecycle
Keep archived information available while applying retention, legal hold and controlled purge policies.
- Retention management
- Legal hold
- Policy-driven purge
PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Everything needed to manage archived data over time.
Datacyclic is more than a place to put old data. It helps teams archive, retain, access, restore and govern information throughout its lifecycle.
Data archiving
Move historical and eligible data out of expensive production systems without losing the ability to access it later.
Retention management
Apply lifecycle rules so information is retained for the period required by policy, regulation or business need.
Legal hold
Protect data from deletion when records must be preserved for investigation, litigation or other obligations.
Restore
Restore selected records or larger datasets when archived information needs to return to an operational database.
Browse archived data
Search, inspect and retrieve archived information without bringing an entire legacy application back online.
Audit
Maintain an auditable history of archive, access, restore and lifecycle actions.
SSO & RBAC
Control access through enterprise authentication and role-based permissions for administrators, developers and end users.
Operational visibility
Track archival progress, speed trends, failures and job activity from a central dashboard.
APPLICATION RETIREMENT
Retire the application.
Not the information.
A legacy application can cost a significant amount every year in licenses, infrastructure, maintenance and specialist support—even when most of its data is only needed occasionally.
Datacyclic helps separate the two decisions: retire the expensive application while preserving the historical information in a governed archive.
Discuss an application retirement →BEFORELegacy applicationHigh running cost · Historical data still required
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WITH DATACYCLICGoverned archiveMetadata · Retention · Legal hold · Audit · Access
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AFTERApplication can be retiredHistorical information remains available when required
DEPLOYMENT
Your data. Your infrastructure.
Your control.
Datacyclic is designed for customer-controlled deployment and storage rather than a SaaS-only model.
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Customer cloud
Deploy within the customer's cloud environment and use customer-managed storage.
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On-premise
Run inside enterprise infrastructure, private cloud or a customer data center.
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Hybrid
Operate across cloud and on-premise environments while keeping deployment aligned with enterprise requirements.
LEARN MORE
Continue exploring Datacyclic
Use these pages to understand the platform, capabilities and deployment approach in more detail.
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