1. A method for archiving a plurality of digital images, wherein each image is associated with one of a plurality of customers, the method comprising the steps of: selecting one of the customers; defining an image group to include all of the images associated with the selected customer; storing the image group to a short-term storage device having a plurality of short-term storage media such that all of the images of the image group are maintained on a single short-term storage media; and moving the customer image group from the short-term storage device to a long-term storage device having a plurality of long-term storage media when the customer image group is not accessed by a user within a first predetermined period of time, wherein the long-term storage device stores the customer image group on a single long-term storage medium.