Disk drives lack reliable failure model
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When you have hundreds or thousands of disk drives spinning continuously, some number of failures are unavoidable. Understanding the risks, reviewing service commitments, and being prepared for the inevitable is a must.
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Decide to do something about portable data storage now rather than later. Let your auditors and risk management staff know that 4GB dip sticks are here, and 1.6TB gel disks are around the corner.
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This organization fell victim to what can be described as the Achilles' heel of storage infrastructure - the intersection of technology bugs and human error. This is a highly unpredictable type of risk, and unfortunately the opportunities for prevention and avoidance are few.
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By Dubie, Denise  Getting rid of obsolete computer gear isn't as simple as it used to be. The threat of data loss, coupled with increasingly stringent environmental regulations, has IT pros rethinking their disposal methods.
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Built-in disk drive diagnostics only predict about half the drive failures that occur, Google said after studying thousands of drives.
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A reliable data protection strategy is built on two key components: proven, dependable storage hardware, and backup and recovery software tailored to the needs of SMBs. The following tips can help you select the hardware and software you need to safeguard the integrity of your data, guarantee accurate restores, and manage backups without placing an undue burden on IT personnel.
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Partial backup completion, consecutive backup failures, media utilization, and tape drive performance are all metrics to consider when measuring the health of backups.
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On Christmas day, after the potlatch subsided, I headed out for a run. When I flicked on my MP3 player, however, I heard ... nothing. Glancing down at the display of my Creative Nomad MuVo TX I saw an unwelcome message: "File system error." Grrr.
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Dual-layer disc to smooth hi-def format adoption
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I'm trying to discover why three out of three of my selected hard-disk recorders refuse to work on my Debian Etch (Demudi) system. Once again I ask myself the relevant questions: Is it me ? Is my computer trying to tell me something ? Is it something I said ? Whatever the reason(s), my reviews of those three programs must remain in limbo until I figure out what's wrong. The applications are all known to run perfectly well on other machines, so I'm sure there's an external problem. When testing new applications one must be prepared with the newest dependencies. CVS sources are often required. Sometimes one must mutter obscure invocations. Alas, I was not sufficiently prepared. Time for a radical shift.
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Of all the comments on the hard drive, and there have been hundreds, this one explains it best. I'm sorry to hear about your experience at the Apple Store. I was a "genius" for a year and can assure you that the policy regarding HDs was frustrating to us as well. In warranty it wasn't so hard to justify, but out of warranty customers often had a problem with it. My recommendation to them (and to you) is the same. AASPs often do not have the same contractual obligations with HD manufacturers that Apple does, so they may very well let you keep it. If you still wanted to have it done through an Apple store, take a magnet to it before you hand it over. The techs have better things to do than trawl through your personal data (there are exceptions, of course), but if it sets your mind at ease- go for it. Honestly, I would do this in your position because I have read of people getting reman drives with other people's data still on them. But that would have nothing to do with Apple and everything to do with the companies contracted to remanufacture the HDs.Not much more to say after that. I will probably write a summary tomorrow.
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Electronic storage will kill high-definition discs, says hard drive king's Bill Watkins. He's got other opinions, too.
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Alan Shugart, the co-founder of hard drive maker Seagate Technology LLC, has died, the company said Wednesday. He was 76.
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(Source: Diskeeper) Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS, and RAID? Many people think it doesn't - but that perception is incorrect. Disk arrays improve I/O performance, but they aren't invulnerable to fragmentation. Read this white paper and discover the technical issues concerning fragmentation, SANs, NAS, and RAID
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(Source: Storix)  The need for rapid system recovery is more important than ever in this day and age when an entire business model can hinge on a company's properly functioning servers. In the event of hardware failure, a bare metal recovery can take days or weeks, especially if the new systems are not identical to the ones that went down. This white paper discusses advances in bare metal recovery that use file-level backup, known as ASR (adaptable system recovery), that enable quick restore, even from bare metal and onto hardware that is dissimilar from the original system. The paper will also discuss how file-level backup and recovery has the ability to improve a wide variety of IT tasks, including bare metal system recovery, restoration to virtual environments; and hardware migration. Read this white paper to learn how only file-level backup and recovery (or ASR) enables organizations to meet ambitious recovery time objectives with greater flexibility.
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A Gartner Inc. report predicts that SAS hard drives are on the verge of replacing models based on older Ultra320 technology
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'Critical' flaw with China-made HDDs? Data recovery company Retrodata has challenged Apple to come clean about what it claims is a "critical manufacturing flaw" affecting some hard drives used in MacBook laptops and desktops like the Mac Mini - an issue that could result in data loss.â¦