Technical Tips
- You've heard the saying about
an ounce of prevention.… Keeping
your data backed up is the best preventative measure to avoid
finding yourself in a situation that requires data recovery.
Develop a backup system that you can put into action, should
you have a data loss. The level of backup system you need and
the expense involved should be directly proportional to how much
data you can afford to lose and how long you can afford to be
down.
- Implement redundancy into
your backup system by developing a method that involves rotating
tapes on a daily, weekly, monthly
or annual basis. Also determine a designated time to wait before
overwriting tapes. By incorporating these practices, you establish
preventative safeguards. In the event that you encounter a
problem with a particular tape, the information you need will
more than
likely reside on another tape. You can also build in redundancy
at a disk storage site with mirrored servers or multi-drive
servers that implement some sort of RAID.
- Implement diversity into your
backup system with multi-disk servers, off-site storage,
or storage in a waterproof or fireproof safe.
- Be cautious when using data
recovery utilities. If you have any doubts about how to use
them, don't. You might inadvertently
write over information that could have been recovered, rendering
it non-recoverable.
- When a failure occurs, it's
important to call the appropriate personnel. Rely only on
data recovery professionals who can
safely enter your system or media to achieve the most comprehensive
data recovery possible. Unqualified or ill-equipped attempts
to retrieve lost data can risk destruction of what was otherwise
recoverable data, especially when used following a hardware
failure.
- If your system is making noises,
don't even try to start it up. In order to prevent further
damage to the drive, turn it off
immediately and send it in for recovery.
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