Hybrid Hard Drives

Many businesses need a backup hard drive that combines ease of use with data recovery features in one single "hybrid" product. ioSafe hardware delivers you the best in hybrid hard drive technology combining fire safe protection with waterproof and flood proof design, ensuring your data can be recovered no matter how simple or severe the disaster might be.

Using the best in standard hard drives from Seagate(R) technologies, ioSafe combines enterprise class 7200 rpm hard drives inside a fireproof safe with FloSAFE air cooled technology. This allows for the best reliability from the industry standard in hard drive engineering and technology.

The Importance of Air Cooling
The topic of air cooling of computer servers and hard drives probably doesn't need to beat into the ground more than it already has been...however there is still much education that needs to be done with respect to operating temperatures during normal day to day activities in the server room or closet.

The bottom line is, heat is the number one enemy of hard drives. Reliability is of the greatest importance when it comes to recovering data. With that said, choose a fireproof hard drive that allows for proper cooling of the hard drives and electronics, yet still maintains superior fire and flood protection.

USB RAID Drive from ioSafe Hardware

ioSafe has just released their new USB RAID backup device called the S2. Capacities for this USB Hard Disk system is up to 2TB with a RAID 0/1. The storage capacity is far greater than your traditional external drive from the retail store shelf. In todays business world external drives are a necessary part of the modern office and easier to maintain than CD or DVD backup. Keep in mind that you can easily replace tape backup drives (LTO, DLT, VXG, 4mm) with an ioSafe system and become more efficient while saving money.

The USB external drive features two removable hard drives that are also lockable for physical data security. If a hard drive fails on the unit an audible alarm will sound to notify you that a disk needs replaced. As with all ioSafe hardware you get a data storage device that is fireproof and waterproof like an aircraft black box. One of the most dynamic features of this USB RAID device is that it has airflow cooling (a key differentiator from similar products) to ensure true business class reliability.

Other standard features are a 3 year warranty and $5,000 per disk data recovery service. Getting an extra $10,000 insurance policy for your digital data is certainly priceless. It's been said before... 'You can be replaced, your data cannot.'

For more information visit http://www.hddfiresafe.com

ioSafe Named to "Top 10" Storage Vendors to Watch

ioSafe, the manufacturer of fireproof and waterproof hard drive systems and NAS storage systems was recently named to the Byte and Switch Top 10 Storage Startups to Watch list.

Topping the list at number #2 is certainly an honor for a company that is changing the landscape of digital storage and data disaster recovery.

Don't let data loss ruin your Spring

It's Springtime, the grass getting greener and the birds are starting to chirp. At our office we've already had our windows open to let in the fresh breeze. It's a time for renewal and the visual signs of change are friendly reminders of many things...including data backup plans.

Have you ever experienced a hard drive crash? If you answered yes, then you know the importance of having a readily available backup copy (no matter if that is means an external hard drive or simply a DVD or CD copy)

If you answered no, then just remember that it's not a question of if your primary hard drive will fail, it a matter of when.

How many of you have put off buying that backup hard drive or NAS device this year?

If you are preparing for Spring cleaning, go ahead and make plans for Spring data backup...and then remember to backup daily or at least weekly.

Cheers!!

Military Grade Rugged Hard Drive

If you are in the market for a portable hard drive that is durable and reliable look no further than the Olixir military grade USB, firewire or internal disk drives.

Olixir offers a full line of semi-rugged to fully-rugged transportable external hard drives, backup systems and customizable removable storage systems designed for specific applications, including military applications. They even make a RAID enclosure that can survive shock and impact.

One of our clients need a ruggedized and fireproof data disaster recovery plan - we recommended they purchase a Mobile DataVault Enterprise/Custom System from Olixir and an ioSafe fireproof USB drive. By using both of these backup devices our client could easily backup and transfer files (with plenty of room for storage growth) to the DataVault and do a nightly backup of the most critical business data to the USB drive from ioSafe, adding in extra data security from fire, flood and sprinkler systems.

Green Data Storage

IT and Data Center Infrastructure energy and environmental topics are at the forefront for IT professionals across the globe. From power and cooling to performance and availability there are countless metrics used to analyze the data center and server closest to maximize value and minimize costs.

Do you have a unique story or special insight into the green movement in the IT world? Visit www.greeendatastorage.com to learn more and share your own success stories with the rest of the IT industry.

Do you have a solution or technology or a success story that you would like to share with us pertaining to data storage and server I/O energy optimization strategies? Do you need assistance in developing, validating or reviewing your strategy or story?

Send an email to: green@storageio.com or call 651-275-1563 to learn more about green data storage and server I/O or to schedule a briefing to tell us about your energy efficiency and effectiveness story pertaining to IT data centers and data infrastructures.

Inside Look at the New DR Kit from ioSafe

We've just got the inside look at the disaster recovery kit from ioSafe hardware. Enclosed in one of the toughest (read; military spec.) and durable black pelican case enclosures you can get your hands on you can rest assured that your data recovery procedures and operations can withstand any punishment you can dish out.

With spare hard drives that are waterproof, recovery tools and a complete RAID array to get your server data up and running in no time flat these Disaster Recovery kits are definitely made for enterprise recovery. For more details you can visit www.iosafe.com or www.hddfiresafe.com