Comments on: Beware of old disk drives http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/beware-of-old-disk-drives/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Sun, 27 May 2012 12:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Pete Steege http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/beware-of-old-disk-drives/#comment-6831 Pete Steege Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:39:49 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/30/beware-of-old-disk-drives/#comment-6831 Aging is an issue that's not unique to storage. Seven-year-old servers are rare, and efficient data centers migrate their technologies to maintain needed performance. What's different is that storage holds precious data, and lots of it. Data migration to newer technology needs to be built into IT plans from the beginning, and considered an essential process to keep things working. Aging is an issue that’s not unique to storage. Seven-year-old servers are rare, and efficient data centers migrate their technologies to maintain needed performance.

What’s different is that storage holds precious data, and lots of it. Data migration to newer technology needs to be built into IT plans from the beginning, and considered an essential process to keep things working.

]]> By: JT http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/beware-of-old-disk-drives/#comment-6830 JT Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:58:12 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/30/beware-of-old-disk-drives/#comment-6830 For companies this will lead to a ton of old drives containing sensitive data. I found this nifty piece of software which securely wipes data from those old drives. Then the drives can be trashed knowing the data is wiped from the drive. <a href="http://www.cbltech.com/data-recovery/software/data-shredder.html" rel="nofollow">data shredder</a> JT For companies this will lead to a ton of old drives containing sensitive data. I found this nifty piece of software which securely wipes data from those old drives. Then the drives can be trashed knowing the data is wiped from the drive. <a href="http://www.cbltech.com/data-recovery/software/data-shredder.html" rel="nofollow">data shredder</a> JT

]]> By: Martin http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/beware-of-old-disk-drives/#comment-6829 Martin Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:40:42 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/11/30/beware-of-old-disk-drives/#comment-6829 The best way to deal with such cases is to contact Data Recovery Professionals such as Disk Doctors, who would help further recovering the lost data. They are also specialized in <a href="”http://www.diskdoctors.com/”" rel="nofollow">RAID Recovery</a> The best way to deal with such cases is to contact Data Recovery Professionals such as Disk Doctors, who would help further recovering the lost data. They are also specialized in <a href="”http://www.diskdoctors.com/”" rel="nofollow">RAID Recovery</a>

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