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now to read this article plus other related content.   Fixed
content is information that never changes after creation. It's
actively referenced, typically shared among users and must be
retained for a long period of time. Examples include: electronic
documents, presentations and e-books; rich media such as movies,
videos, digital photographs and audio files; check images and
financial statements; bioinformatics, X-rays, MRIs and CAT
scans; CAD/CAM diagrams and blueprints and e-mail messages.
Unlike transactional information, fixed-content data doesn't
require microsecond response times, but rather, subsecond
response times. While transactional data is constantly updated
and typically has short-term retention periods, fixed-content
information is static, has long retention periods and is
constantly accumulating.  "The digitiz