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3 Things You May Not Hear In Sales Pitches For Data Storage Devices

When comparing different types of datahas a greater rate of failure than another
storage devices, you'll certainly read anddoesn't mean it's not the right option for
hear about all of the great things that eachyour business. After all, a failure every
product has to offer. But what about the1,000,000 or a failure every 600,000 is still
downside to each type of media storage?a failure. The logical approach is to ensure
Optical drives, tape media, and disk storage,that there is system in place to catch and
all have their own set of pros and cons thatrepair failures. It's more important to
you'll need to evaluate before making ainquire about a specific product's failure
decision about which type data backupbackup strategy than make a decision based on
strategy  to  implement.failure  rate  alone.
#1  Lifespan  of  the  Data:#3:  Length  of  Time  to  Restore  Data:
In most sales copy, you'll read about howWhen data is lost, recovering systems and
much storage space a particular type of mediadata to their pre-disaster state doesn't just
offers, but rarely will you read about howhappen instantly. Optical drives, tape
long that data will last. Most people justmedia, and disk storage each require
assume that once stored, their data will bedifferent processes and require different
safe forever. The data stored on opticallengths of time to recover data. It's
drives, tape media, and disk storage each hasessential to calculate the cost of downtime
a shelf life depending on the media type, thefor your business. How much money will you
brand of storage device, and how it's caredlose for each hour you're your systems are
for.down? How  much  downtime  can  you  afford?
Optical  disks: Between  x  and  x  yearsYou won't want to choose your data storage
device on this factor alone, but it should be
Tape  media: Between  x  and  x  yearsa big part of your consideration. While disk
storage can have everything back up and
Disk  storage:  Between  x  and  x  yearsrunning fairly quickly, it can't store nearly
as much data as tape media. You may need to
Just because one type of media has a shortercombine multiple types of data storage
lifespan than another doesn't mean youdevices  for  different  types  of  data.
shouldn't choose it. It is, however,
critical to know the life expectancy so thatIt's important to seek out an unbiased
you can implement a foolproof process foropinion on these issues when choosing your
recopying the data at regular intervals.data storage solution. When you begin doing
It's more important to choose a data storageyour own research on any one of these
type that fits with your business processessubjects, you'll find that each of these
than  the  one  that  will  last the longest.issues tends to spark heated debates among
proponents in different industries. Not
#2  Potential  for  Data  Failure:surprisingly, the data figures vary widely
depending  on  who  publishes  them.
The whole point of backing up data is to have
it available should the unthinkable occur.In order to obtain the most objective
But what if it's not there when you need it?information about the right type of data
Optical drives, tape media, and disk storagestorage solution for your particular
all have their own acceptable and expectedbusiness, a value added reseller is a smart
rates of failure. According to someoption. These are educated resellers that
statistics, disk storage has an approximateoffer a wide variety of media types and
Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) rating ofbrands along with free one on one
600,000 to 1,000,000 hours while tape mediaconsultation. This way, you'll not only get
has  a MTBF of about 400,000 to 500,000 hour.a logical, unbiased consultation, but a data
backup strategy that is completely customized
Again, just because one type of data storagefor your business.



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