By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Give it Some Space Filling your drive to capacity will likely cause performance to suffer. Fill to no more than 85% capacity and leave 15–25% empty. At least 15% free space is needed for disk caching and self-maintenance. The computer needs to use disk space…
Originally published by Thecus. Thecus® Authorizes DriveSavers® to provide Data Recovery services DriveSavers provides worldwide professional data recovery services Thecus Technology Corp has authorized DriveSavers to offer professional data recovery services to Thecus users worldwide. By owning and operating a NAS, you are ensuring that your vital information is secure. Unfortunately…
Originally published by our partner, Visionary Computer. Here at Visionary Computer, we pride ourselves on really going the extra mile for our customers. Recently we had a case where we had to go even further. One of our customers had suffered a building fire. Thankfully no one was hurt but…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer If the advanced technology in our everyday lives was directed against us, who would win in a battle pitting humanity against smart machines? If you consider the rapid rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), this imagined scene isn’t as farfetched as you…
By Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer We like to keep you informed any time we come across a new scam or hack that may result in data loss or data theft. We’ve recently seen a new type of phishing email that is quickly becoming very common. This spoof email…
Originally published by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Legacy systems are a fact of life for many companies, but innovation means integrating new technologies. How do you balance the two? Experts weigh in on how to achieve the right mix for a hybrid IT environment. While many enterprises busy themselves with talk of…
Image: Flicker By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering To get the best of the past and the future in storage technology, look no further than hybrid and Fusion drives. These are both complex storage solutions that combine two completely different technologies to give customers more speed with larger capacity. Hybrid…
Since joining DriveSavers in 2001, Rene has performed data recovery on thousands of storage devices plagued with mechanical failures, physical damage and logical corruption. Over the past 5 years, he has focused his efforts on emerging technology while developing proprietary forensic processes for failed devices. As senior manager of the…
By Bob Mehr, Sr. Legal Services Advisor Looking Back: 2016 A number of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) amendments went into effect in 2015, a couple of which, FRCP Rules 26(b) and 37(e) brought more significant change in the realm of discovery than has been seen in decades. These changes…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Do you know how to properly care for your thumb drives, external drives and other devices that may be plugged into your computer? It’s easier than you may realize to lose the data on your portable storage. Should You Leave it Be? Is…
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