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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ioSafe 3.5 Internal Hard Drives

ioSafe has released their fireproof hard drives for the internal storage market. Aptly named the ioSafe Pilot and ioSafe Squadron series, these 3.5" internal hard drives are waterproof and can be installed inside any Windows or Linux storage server or computer PC, Mac workstation or storage array.

Available as both SATA I or SATA II disk drives with 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm the 3.5" form factor can withstand a 1400 Degree F fire and complete immersion in water during a flood or fire sprinkler data disaster. Utilizing the patented FloSafe air cooled design these drives are engineered for maximum reliability to backup, store and protect your business data or digital media assets such as photos, video, mp3 or similar files. The patent pending MirrorGuard reflective coating also helps prevent damage to data on the internal hard disk.

Compatible with servers, desktop computers, storage arrays and external hard drive enclosures or USB RAID storage devices you can easily easily beef up your home media server, CCTV or DVR video system in no time flat.

The price tag for the ioSafe 3.5 drives start right at $329.00 and offer up to 320 GB of data storage. You can learn more online at http://www.hddfiresafe.com or www.iosafe.com

ioSafe 3.5 hard drive storage hardware is poised to make a huge impact on the storage market.