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RAID 5 - Is Your Data Safe? |
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Many different technologies have been created to help reduce the chances of data loss. It has been openly accepted that there is no perfect storage medium; yet, many technicians will use RAID 5 and swear by it. The idea of having two points of failure seems like a safe bet, providing that the drives don't go through a common catastrophic event. However, it does seem odd that if RAID 5 were a sure bet, why do banks, hospitals and universities do nightly backups of their RAID 5 servers with high end SCSI hard drives? |
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Current Trends in Data Loss |
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A bit more than a year ago, if asked, "what percentage of projects are physical problems verses logical?", we would have responded with a 60/40 split. It seems that those numbers have changed pretty significantly over the past year, not for the better, and are now at the 80/20 split.
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Overcoming a False Sense of Security |
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Let's face it. Life happens; power outages, equipment failure, forces of nature, even theft and sabotage. We've all experienced it in one form or another. We make contingency plans or purchase insurance for these reasons. It lets us sleep in peace and provides us with a sense of security that if something did go bump in the night, we are covered.
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