12 July 2016 00:00:00 EDT
How data corruption works
Modern drives have advanced at an astounding rate in recent years, but despite all these innovations, media corruption still remains an issue in today’s data recovery industry. Before we delve into...
01 July 2016 00:00:00 EDT
Step by step guide to a tape migration
What does a typical tape migration process look like? There is no standard tape migration project as every project is different. Several factors such as the amount of tapes, the formats used, the...
4 ways you can still lose data from cloud storage
On any given day, most of us rely on the cloud to store, upload, and retrieve various types of data – work files, songs, pictures, videos, apps, etc. It’s a proven, reliable service that we’ve grown...
HDD vs SSD - which lasts longer?
Many comparisons can be made between a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and a Solid State Drive (SSD); cost, speed, data storage capacity – there’s no end of areas to consider. However in this post, we’ll be...
27 April 2016 00:00:00 EDT
Unix & Linux: how the file system behind Android stores data
First of all, what exactly is UNIX? UNIX is a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system initially developed in the1960s by AT&T Bell labs. The majority of UNIX is written in the C programming...
19 April 2016 00:00:00 EDT
Virtualised tape library - the silver bullet of business continuity?
Virtualisation continues to grow in popularity as it offers different ways of backing up our data, in addition to being able to ensure that business-critical systems remain online in the event of an...