It has been a while since it had been reported on the status of ASDEX Upgrade data acquisition (DAQ) and data management environment. An update on changes, expansions, and enhancements applied in the last years will be given. The acquired amount of data per shot increased from 4 GiB to 40 GiB in eight years. Network, storage, and archive challenges have been managed by stepwise improvements. New DAQ techniques have been introduced to replace outdated technologies. Real-time diagnostics speed-up data provisioning and contribute to feedback control. Information technology applied to ASDEX Upgrade is under permanent change. Recent and future steps are outlined.
