Background information about RAID
What is RAID? Redundant Array of Independent (originally Inexpensive) Disks (RAID) storage has revolutionized enterprise data storage technology, building in the peace of mind of redundancy (from...
Internet tips for DIY data recovery to blame for permanent data loss
Minneapolis, Minn., July 27, 2017 – The data recovery experts at Kroll Ontrack are seeing an increase in do-it-yourself (DIY) data recovery attempts on media shipped to their labs. “Access to DIY...
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...