The Failure Rates Of Enterprise Storage Hardware Enterprise Storage Forum recently ran an article that poses the question of how many archival copies are required to establish acceptable reliability. They gathered the failure rates of common storage media into an interesting … Continued
Last month Amazon announced a new low-cost addition to their AWS cloud service platform called Glacier. Amazon Glacier is designed and priced to address the increasing global need for the archival storage of “cold data” (important data that is infrequently … Continued
Data is a law firm’s most valuable asset. Data for law firms can include interrogatories, recorded depositions, witness testimony, family law agreements and highly confidential personal information regarding patent applications, stocks, securities and more. Trial lawyers, real estate attorneys, family … Continued
An explosion at a data center belonging to Shaw Communications, one of the largest Internet Service Providers in Canada, left much of downtown Calgary without Internet for a few days. The explosion ignited a fire in Shaw’s offices, destroying electrical equipment in … Continued
Film production, audio recording and multi-media production companies compile massive files into minutes of work that represent significant investments of time and money — not to mention creativity. A film director may require take after take of one scene and … Continued
Nowhere is data protection more vital than in government agencies. All levels of government store data that runs the gamut — vital statistics, driving records, criminal backgrounds, social security information, taxpayer information, census data, foreign visa information and more. Governmental data loss could … Continued
Data generated through years of hard scientific research is extremely valuable and must be guarded from destruction or tampering. The scientific process demands rigorous and open peer review, so data in support of research must always be available. In 1992, … Continued
As part of the development process for MagnaStor, we have a computer (our build server) that creates code symbols. Every week, new code symbol files are added to the build server. Each of our team members needs to access the … Continued
We launched our new website today and we encourage you to take a look around and learn more about how MagnaStor can protect your organization’s important files. Our goal with the new site is for users to be able to … Continued
A common misconception in data retainment is that a backup system is all that is required to ensure safe and trustworthy storage. Backup does not serve the same purpose as archiving. It is critical to know the difference to ensure … Continued