In this second, broader sense, data architecture includes a complete analysis of the relationships among an organization's functions, available technologies, and data types. data architecture should be defined in the planning phase of the design of a new data processing and storage system.. Finally, you may gather performance statistics from your existing storage system. all this data offers a starting point for designing the storage solution. in a random-i/0 environment, you will want to balance iops and capacity. in a sequential environment, the design will focus on capacity and throughput or mb/s.. �