Here’s video of an interesting experiment by Mozy, the online data backup provider. In an effort to impress the importance of data backup in today’s world, the company offers random passers-by a free laptop if they’re willing to destroy theirs immediately and completely. The number of individuals who decline the offer effectively demonstrates that many [...]
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Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, Mozy, network attached storage 
1 Comment »We’ve been huge proponents of both long term and redundant data backup solutions, but nothing to the extent being considered by the European Space Agency. At a conference last month, Europe’s version of NASA considered creating a “Doomsday Ark” on the Moon as a hedge against some cataclysmic eventuality like nuclear war or other extinction [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Science, Space, Storage, Technology Tags: Databank, Doomsday Ark, ESA, Moon, NASA, RAID, space, storage 1 Comment »Blu-ray discs exceeding 100GB of capacity should be available shortly, now that the Blu-ray Disc Association has finalized and released its BDXL specification. In an announcement today, the association said the following: “…manufacturers can now obtain licensing information and license applications needed to begin production of the high capacity write-once and rewritable discs and hardware [...]
Posted in Optical Storage, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: BDXL, Blu-ray, blu-ray disc association 1 Comment »We’ve stressed the importance of good data backup systems ad-nauseam on TechClicker. The amount of data being accumulated by the average person is staggering, and much of this data is invaluable. While several good, redundant in-home backup solutions exist, such as network attached storage devices, these don’t replace the need for good off-site storage as [...]
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