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Acronis Offers Free Data Loss Prevention Tool

Backup, disaster recovery and security solutions provider, Acronis, has announced the release of a new free disk monitoring tool for businesses and consumers alike, called Acronis Drive Monitor. As mentioned in the company's news release, Acronis Drive Monitor observes operating system health, checks the last backup date, and evaluates disk performance data generated by most disk drives via a disk-resident monitoring function.

"Acronis Drive Monitor observes operating system health, checks the last backup date, and evaluates disk performance data generated by most disk drives via a disk-resident monitoring function called S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). Acronis also supports other storage devices such as non-S.M.A.R.T. compatible RAID systems via scripts. Further, Acronis Drive Monitor also monitors messages in the Windows event log that indicate that data may be in danger."