Storing Hard Drives in a Fire Safe

Comparing Fire Safe Storage Devices
When it comes to protecting your business data, digital video or photography images you'll want the best storage system available. Protecting your backup media (CD's DVD's) and portable hard drives from fire means you'll need a fireproof safe with the correct fire rating of UL 125. This UL Class 125 standard means that your media will maintain integrity in a fire up to 1700 degrees F for 1, 2, or 3 hours. The higher the fire rating, the more expensive the fire safe.

Using Hard Drives in a Fireproof Safe
Computer electronics create heat, hard drives create heat...your computer has fans, your laptop has fans...heat is the number one enemy of hard drives and a leading cause of hard drive failure. Fireproof hard drives with air flow cooling have been engineered to protect your data from fire disaster and also remain reliable during normal daily operation. Storing hard drives that you intend to use for daily backup inside a traditional closed door fire safe will suffice for very small amounts of data, photos or video. These types of fireproof safes are not designed for small, medium and large businesses that rely on computer data to maintain operations. Daily computer system and hard drive reliability are the mainstays of moving your business forward at all times during the year and even more so in a challenging economy.

It's been said that today's businesses are only as good as their data, this means having a strong backup and recovery plan.

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DVR Hard Drives

Data Storage and Recovery of Digital Video
Today's DVR surveillance devices offer a wide range of features and methods for backup and archiving digital video. From compressed MPEG-4 video stored on hard drives to DVD writers/burners. Many of today's systems also have USB ports to connect external hard drives for data backup.

What would happen if your DVR was lost in a fire disaster?
Recovering data after a fire disaster is no easy task and this valuable digital video could be required by your insurance company to verify inventory, etc. Today there are options to ensure data integrity by using fireproof dvr hard drives or fireproof external USB storage devices. For little more than the cost of a standard hard drive you can ensure complete security and recovery of your data, mitigating any security risks that arise.

By hardening your existing DVR or CCTV systems you'll rest easy that your loss prevention measures stand up to the test.

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