By Mike Cobb, DriveSavers Director of Engineering April is officially Spring Cleaning Month. Take some time to pay a little attention to your servers with some important maintenance. How many of these suggestions do YOU already follow? Is there anything you’ve missed? Back Up (obviously) We always recommend triple redundancy,…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineer Many businesses and organizations of all sizes rely on redundant arrays of independent disks (RAIDs). These systems distribute data and parity across a set of disks, protecting files held on the array against the failure of any individual disk. Unfortunately, even these redundant systems…
Originally published by Network and Systems Professional Association (NaSPA). By Mike Cobb, DriveSavers Director of Engineering After performing tens of thousands of RAID data recoveries, the team at DriveSavers has seen our share of RAIDs. We’ve also heard our fair share of theories — some accurate and others, not so much. When it…
Originally published by Inside Big Data. By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering at DriveSavers DriveSavers has performed tens of thousands of RAID data recoveries in our history. Yes, we’ve seen our share of RAIDs. We’ve also heard our fair share of stories—some accurate and others, not so much. Ready to get…
Originally published by Tech Times. Months of painstaking work has finally come to fruition when the contents of almost 200 discs owned by Gene Rodenberry finally been decrypted. While no actual information about it has been released, DriveSavers did hint at “Star Trek.” The discs were discovered in Rodenberry’s estate years…
Original article published by PCWorld. When Gene Roddenberry’s computer died, it took with it the only method of accessing some 200 floppy disks of his unpublished work. Here’s how this tech mystery was solved. By Gordon Mah Ung, Executive Editor, PCWorld Call the engine room and get Scotty to the…
LAS VEGAS—January 4, 2016—DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic services, formally announced today that the company has recovered nearly 200 floppy disks belonging to Star Trek creator—the late Gene Roddenberry. The original Star Trek television program ran from 1966 to 1969. Roddenberry created scripts for…
Critical data is often stored on RAID systems because the configurations are considered to be fault tolerant. RAID systems can be configured to keep working when one drive fails allowing disks to be hot swapped while the system keeps running, but even this setup of an array of drives is…
Originally published on CBS News. By Amanda Schupak It’s hot out there. Real hot. And if you’re planning to hit the beach to soak in the sun or cool off in the sea, we hope you’re packing sunscreen and a big hat. But you’re not the only one that can suffer from the…
Featured article by Chris Bross, CTO, DriveSavers June 1st marked the start of hurricane season and tropical storms are top of mind for companies in prime locations. Taking preventative measures that businesses can take to protect important data including accounting paperwork, employee documents and sensitive customer information, should be a priority…
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