Hard Drives Shall Not Fail!
There have been a number of articles this week which indicate that hard drives are a lot less reliable than the manufacturers claim.
This is of passing interest to most of us. We know how much we spend per year for drives and that is a much more tangible number than data on spec sheets. But it underscores a terrible truth.
Hard drives fail! Even worse, some RAIDs can fail and lose their data! It is enough to make a person think about backing up. If you are like most business people I know, all you will do is think about it.
A few are impelled to action and the majority of those have set up tape backup systems which are usually administered by folks who do not understand them, don’t test them, and can’t restore them.
If that is not bad enough, when they do get a usable backup, then they have to secure the data in it.
Its all more trouble than most businesses are willing to put up with.