Nearline storage (where the word "nearline" is a contraction of near-online) is a term used in computer science to describe an intermediate type of data storage that represents a compromise between online storage (supporting frequent, very rapid access to data) and offline storage/archiving (used for backups or long-term storage, with infrequent access to data).
Both archiving and nearline allow a reduction of database size that results in improved speed of performance for the online system. However, accessing archived data is more complex and/or slower than is the case with nearline storage, and can also negatively affect the performance of the main database, particularly when the archive data must be reloaded into that database.
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