subject: Data Security And Disaster Recovery Solutions Today [print this page] Up until recently the proprieties of businesses which are most valuable were stored and kept in the 'binary' form and as a result many businesses have experience the loss of data, whether it is email, account data, patient or client files, order files and so on. Many businesses now aim to prevent such a disaster by attempting to surmount several technical challenges in the following ways:
Identify the lowest-cost, highest-performance data backup medium (tape or disk) solution and keeping up to date with the latest technology
Ensuring that all backed-up data is encrypted and otherwise safeguarded form theft
Ensuring that backed-up data can be restored to different kind of hardware
Ensuring that data backup continues even during active recovery phases.
Magnetic tape and disks are the two leading media for data backup storage with magnetic tape currently dominant.
Tape backups are much more reliable than most backup systems but tape drives and their associated media are very expensive. A good tape drive can reach up to 700 and individual tapes are very dear. If you can afford it though, it is absolutely superior.
In contrast to disk, tape is physically delicate and easily compromised by environmental factors and cartridges must be replaced frequently. Tape's innate sensitivity contributes to high failure rates, which analysts estimating between 35 and 50%. Tape is now more likely to be used for archived material. Even though, the physical backup and restoration processes succeed, tape may not prove to be as timely and appropriate a medium for data storage as disk
Encrypting backup tapes is effective in preventing data from being stolen. Encryption of any data that leaves the security of the data center, has always been an option but is, unfortunately, a very expensive option.
Modern disk backup is offering not only lower cost encryption but also other advantages to protecting mission critical data. Disks are more durable, last longer, withstand more overwriting and don't need to be cleaned so when it comes to backup systems using disks, they are easier to manage. Another advantage for disk backups is time effectiveness; it requires less time than tape and has less impact on production server availability. Disk is also more reliable media than tape and less prone to error, which translates to less failed recoveries. High performance disk is the top choice for online applications that require fast access.
While disk shows plenty of advantages, disk technology requires much maintenance and monitor work on behalf of the company, and otherwise these companies could take some risk of failed backups and delayed restoration of data, there by jeopardizing their chance of successful recovery of the major data lost. In that case professional data recovery is a necessity; and believe you me, backups will never be coveted as much as you will that time. Data Recovery is expensive, and riddled with corrupt competitors.
We recommend Fields Data Recovery in that unfortunate situation. With their 15 years of industry experience with a more than 87% success rate they are able to offer quick service and guarantees that you do not need to pay if you cannot get your data back. Hard drive manufacturers like IBM have used Field's server recovery services. They have branches that providing data recovery services throughout the UK, US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. www.fields-data-recovery.com
