- Security Features of Data Centers
Large organizations such as telecommunication companies, banks etc. deal with large amounts of data. This will force them to have data centers or data banks. Data centers should be located in remote areas from the original location of creating data. This is a way of backup such that if disaster occurs at the original site, they can always use data from the centers to recreate information again. In such cases, retrieving data would be easier. With this comes the issue of security. Thus, data centers should have state-of-the-art up-to-date security features that protect information. Some of them are as follows:
- Do you think your Hard Drive is safe from Failure
It is good to note that all man made things at some point in life are bound to get spoilt. This also includes you treasured hard drive. Whether you believe me or not, one you’re your hard drive will crash. Here are other reasons why people think their hard drives will never fail:
- Data Disasters and Data Recovery
One thing we have to remember is that disasters happen at the most unexpected times i.e. you will never know when disaster will strike unless there are clear signs that it may happen. Because of this, data disaster recovery is becomes very important for any business. We can define data disaster recovery as the time it takes to get ones business up and running again after massive destruction of data.
- Data Recovery Specialists
Here are some reasons why data recovery specialists are important: After training in a certain field for a while, one is able to gain a wide variety of experience. When you use data specialists to recover your data, he will use the experience gained to diagnose the problem and look for the most efficient way of trying to solve the problem at hand. He has both succeeded and failed in trying to retrieve data and from that he is able to know how to deal with various situations. They are trained and skilled in dealing with damaged storage devices and know the correct skill and techniques to employ in trying to recover your data.
- What they may never tell you about your Laptop Hard-drive?
Is your laptop hard drive misbehaving? Are you experiencing frequent data loss from your hard drive? All is not lost! Here are some things you may have never known about laptop hard drives and data recovery:
- Hard disk Data Recovery: You have mostly one chance!
Data recovery is one of those services compared to medical services where you have a very slim chance of delivering your services. Just as in hospitals, if one has a certain ailment and the chances of reducing it is rare, the same is with data recovery. The chances of having to go to various places doing data recovery are very slim.
- A variety of Data Backups
Off-site Data Backup System: In this kind of system, the backup information is set up in a different location/ building from that of the organization. It mainly employs the use of online backup system where the information is stored in some server located in a remote area. This backup is automatic and does not need many storage devices.
- Do you know how a hard drive works?
I know that most of us are normal computer users. But do you know how the internal parts work? In this article, I will focus on the hard disk drive, HDD, the various components and how the whole unit works. The hard disk is made of platters, spindle, read/write head, actuator arm, actuator axis, actuator, IDE or SATA connector, jumper block and the power connector. The focus on this article is to actually understand how the reading and writing of information works. So, when you are using your computer and you decide to read information from it or save information to it, this is what happens:
- Physical damage on Hard Disk
The problem that I would like to focus on here is when the read/ write head gets stuck on the platter.
- Risks involved in losing your Data
The risks involved in losing your data are high. Some of the risks involved depend with where you are in life i.e. if you are an employee, you risk losing your job; if you are an employer, you risk business closure (in as short as 4 months); if you are a student, you risk being failed. These are just but a few risks that are involved when you lose your data. Some of the things that may cause these risks are: