THIS Should Scare You - Data Loss!
September 30, 2007
The “heart” of your business is probably your data…
And that information (emails, PDF, Videos, HTML Files etc..) is stored on a series of magnetic discs that spin at speeds of around 7,000 to 10,000 revolutions a minute. But they are just mechanical devices and sometimes they FAIL!
Your hard disk can fail in one of 4 typical ways that will lead to loss of your important data files:
# Firmware Corruption
# Electronic Failure
# Mechanical Failure
# Logical Corruption
Even combinations of these four types of failure are also possible!
ALSO consider:
# Multi-million pound battery recalls from Sony and Dell this year as laptops went up in flames?
# 1,000’s of laptops each year are left in the back of taxis and on public transport
# Houses catch fire - floods happen - thieves strike!
“DON’T Ever Think This Couldn’t Happen To You!”
Where are YOUR backups? Are you even making copies of your important files?
As an IT professional I see this all the time… folks call me for help but when I ask for their data backups they either have none or they are so old they are just useless. Another common mistake is creating backups and then keeping them in the same room as your computer! Remember the unexpected can happen: houses catch fire - floods happen - thieves strike…
YOU MUST make copies of your important files and store them OFF-SITE!
When you upload your important files to Amazon S3, using the Data Bucket Pro software, it is first ”scanned” by our software to check the integrity of your file (This is called an MD5 hash) Then, when you upload your file, it is stored within MULTIPLE data centres on the advanced Amazon S3 network.
Once the file has finished uploading Data Bucket Pro will ask the Amazon S3 network to quickly run an MD5 hash to check the file integrity of the uploaded file. If the MD5 hash’s match, your file was NOT corrupted whilst being uploaded and is now safely stored on Amazon S3.
If the MD5 hash’s do not match then our software will upload your file again automatically!
Because your file is now stored in MULTIPLE secure locations, there is NO single point of failure that can wipe out your files…
Shouldn’t YOU be using Data Bucket Pro to place all YOUR precious backups on Amazon S3 today?
Visit: http://www.databucketpro.com
Kind Regards
Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP
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