Hi Folks, Yesterday I received a letter in the mail at home that started off: Dear Sir or Madam, We are writing to let you know that computer tapes containing some of your personal information were lost while being transported to an off-site storage facility by our archive services vendor. While we have...
When there are no more natural disasters! When electricity is free! When hardware never fails! When software is bug-free! When people no longer make mistakes! When there are no computer viruses or other malicious code! When all people are honest! When government regulations (SarbOx, SEC, HIPPA. etc....
- by David Garrels We’ve talked in this blog before about how much power spinning disks use as being the biggest driver of storage power consumption. And we’ve discussed ways to minimize the number of spinning disks. Now, let’s talk about how much power you can save if you get the data off of disk and...
-by Warren Smith There is a hilarious new video on YouTube. Strangely, the video was produced by the EMC Corporation to suggest that Joe Tucci ordered employees there to get rid of tape, because the company is backing up to disk (one hopes not exclusively). Titled: “Bob and Joe: Fun with Tape” the premise...