A Rundown on the History of Data Management
It is easy in the data storage and data management world and say that it is constantly changing and the development of new technology is taking place everyday. Looking back at the history of data...
Enterprise and Client SSDs compared - Part 1
A growing number of high-throughput, low-latency business data centers have relied on hard disk drives (HDDs) in their servers and are now facing performance bottlenecks. Today, they envisage Solid...
Encryption - Secret Codes for Data Security
There is so much in the news lately about data security, but what does that exactly mean? According to Wikipedia, “Data security means protecting data, such as a database, from destructive forces,...
Choosing the Right Storage Medium for You
It goes without saying that the amount of data we create is continually increasing. Methods of storing it are numerous and hard drive manufacturers are tempting us with greater capacity, speed, and –...
The move to hyper-converged infrastructure (Part 2)
In the first part of this article, we described Ontrack’s opportunity and decision to leverage a hyper-converged infrastructure as the foundation for its data center relocation project in the United...
How nanotechnology could change data storage in the future
Since the beginning of the new millennium, nanotechnology has been a hot topic in both the media and tech industry. Over this period of time, there has been much debate regarding what exactly...
Long Term Archiving: Backup for Eternity - Part 3
Which storage media is best for long-term archiving? This week: Floppy disks and optical media! There is an ongoing trend to more and more data being produced both by consumers and enterprises alike....