Single content repository for multiple archiving objects?

We have three archiving objects that the business has basically set the same retention period for all of them (April 1: archive previous year (current-1), delete archived data from the year before (current-2)). Rather than have three separate repositories, would it be a good practice to place these three (and any other that meet the criteria) into the same repository making the management of these simpler (deleting from IXOS)?
Thank you,
Skip howell
Limited Brands

Hi,
COntent repository can be single or multiple. It depends on the clients requirements.
How ever you can recommend to your client based on the following best practices :\
(1) COntent repositories can be created and allocated based on the archive object.This will help the client to maintain the archive files and also use them at a later stage for retrieval/audit or any other purpose.
(2) Content repositories can also be created and allocated based on the retention time .
(3) Single content rep for multiple objects is technically possible but this is not a good approach.If this is done, then utmost care needs to be taken during the Archive file naming convention ( while archiving the data for a particular object) . Such a naming convention would reduce the hassels of getting the archived files mixing up. this will also help you to better manage the archive files of different objects in a single content rep.
DIfferent clients may use any of the approact based on their records management strategy.
Hope this information helps.

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