Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Data Recovery of DLTs

One of the greatest advances in human technology was when we learned how to store information in bits. This has led to the Information Age in which, not only do people have more access to information than they ever did before, but more information is being created. We now have more pictures, posts, comments, journal entries, essays, press releases, articles, books and videos than we've ever had before, all documenting a segment of human life.

Cloud computing is a term that has been thrown about tech communities for years, but is only now starting to enter the mainstream consciousness. The 'cloud' is not a single place. Like the internet itself, it exists in the servers that help run it. Cloud computing is the process of using other servers other than your own to perform important functions.

The biggest use of cloud computing currently is storage. Instead of storing vast amounts of information on a single computer, where it is vulnerable, it can be stored on a number of remote servers, often with multiple back-ups. Without remote storage, any important data only stored on one computer can be lost if that computer is damaged. Data recovery services specialize in recovering date from broken computers. Often, whether the problem is with the hardware or the software, the information is still on the computer, waiting to be found. Data recovery specialists will attempt to make a copy of the information stored on a hard drive, before attempting to copy the hard drive or re-install the operating system.

The best way to guard against this is to create backups of important files. You can back up your entire hard drive by buying an external one and making a copy. You can make use of a RAID device that will help automatically make back-ups of you data and help with guarding against crashes by increasing redundancy. You can also use a digital linear tape, or DLT, which is a magnetic tape data storage technology put out by Quantum.

If you are using a Quantum storage device then it will be covered under warranty. If it malfunctions you will be able to ship it into their local offices in order to get it repaired and to recover any data that may be on the drive. If your device times out of warranty there are still plenty of data retrieval services that will work on any storage device, including a DLT.

Most data retrieval services are nationwide, and have a number of local offices. Services such as that include Secure Data Recovery, Data Analyzers and Data Recovery. If you live in Manhattan there are more data recovery services than can easily be counted. Look up the one closest to you and send them an email detailing what type of device you need to be worked on. You also have the option of taking it in, or shipping it in. Most services will perform a free diagnostic test in order to determine if the problem can be fixed.

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