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RAID Glossary

By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Thinking about using RAID configurations in your data storage strategy but not sure what the alphabet soup acronym means, and which type to use? Start here and learn the basic language. RAID DEFINED RAID is shorthand for redundant array of independent disks, and refers…

Preparing Your Server for a Planned Holiday Shutdown

By Mike Cobb, DriveSavers Director of Engineering Updated 12/5/2018 If your company shuts its data storage systems down during the holidays, be careful that it’s not the last shutdown before a data loss. The Problem with Planned Shutdowns Many companies close their doors for an extended time during the Christmas…

Wiping a Working Drive: Tips and Tricks

By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering If you’re upping your digital game by replacing a working computer or hard drive with something newer, whether for business or personal purposes, chances are you will be selling, donating or passing down your older computer and it will be used by someone else…

Video: The Zipline Proposal Data Recovery

Professional videographer, Tyson Henderson contacted DriveSavers for data recovery after losing access to once-in-a-lifetime video footage of a surprise wedding proposal. Watch the video to hear about his experience, the custom NAND flash data recovery solution we provided and see the emotional video we recovered. Here’s what Tyson says happened,…

NIST Computer Security Division Updates Effective Today – Is Your Security Up to Date?

By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Effective today, NIST’s Computer Security Division just updated their recommended guidelines by eliminating eleven SP 800 publications. Adding by Subtracting How would eliminating security recommendations be an improvement? These eleven publications all reference technology that is out of date or no longer used,…

Growing Data: DNA Data Storage

By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Advancements in data storage technology have not ended with flash. Have you heard of storing data in DNA? Growing Amount of Data As computers, smartphones and tablets become more and more widespread, the amount of data being produced is growing at an exponential and…

9 Ways to Secure Your Smartphone

By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist Your smartphone–that mini computer that lives in your pocket—deserves the same protection as your personal laptop and work computer does. Use the following guidelines to protect your on-the-go information from hackers and thieves. Back Up, Back Up, Back Up! First and foremost, back…

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