Too much data being created and retained on the live database often causes rising IT costs, complex system management and decelerated system performance. You want to run your database as slim as possible by getting rid of waste and keeping the relevant data for your business processes. SAP Data Volume Management describes a process and provides tools and services to ensure that all aspects in the life-cycle for managing and controlling data are covered.

The tried and trusted methodology of Data Volume Management (DVM) from SAP demonstrates how customers can efficiently and effectively manage the data volume throughout their landscapes. Throughout the whole lifecycle of the data, DVM provides transparency on the existence of data, it automates trend analysis, provides strategies and blueprints for reducing and controlling the data, presents opportunities for optimizing your strategy combined with reporting to support the value of the DVM efforts to the business. It supports agility by assisting you to run your landscape as slim as possible, making solution transition events more easily adopted such as Migrations, Upgrades, Conversions and system splits.