There’s nothing worse than the feeling of losing your data forever. Cherished family photos, important documents, and valuable digital music collections are all susceptible to the failures of the media on which they’re stored. While devices and methods exist to significantly reduce the chance of a personal catastrophic data storage failure, most require more than an average [...]
Posted in Hard Drives, PCs and Laptops, Storage 
Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, hard drive, Memorex, Mirror for Photos, NAS, storage 
2 Comments »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 [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, Mozy, network attached storage 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 [...]
Posted in PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, Mozy, network attached storage, storage 2 Comments »The amount of digital data I generate requiring permanent, secure, and redundant storage is overwhelming. From digital photos and movies from both standard and high definition sources to digitized music, software, and documents, organizing and indexing this mess of information is daunting to say the least. And realizing that this data accumulation phase [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Technology Tags: backup, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, data security, storage 6 Comments »
