Disaster Recovery in a New Era of Data Storage

When comparing data storage from ten years ago to today, there are three main differences between then and now, accoridng to eWeek author, Chris Preimesberger. Storing data was much slower and the work more tedious because of less network bandwidth, today’s physical devices hold an order of magnitude more data than they did in 2001 and physical data protectors, such as Iron Mountain, were much busier 10 years ago because the Internet was only starting to be used as the conveyor for stored data files.

"All the major storage providers and telcos now offer some sort of cloud-storage option, and dozens of start-ups have come into play with inexpensive—and often unlimited—cloud-storage services aimed at consumers, prosumers and solo businesses. If you want to keep your data within sight, companies such as Seagate, Iomega and Buffalo offer terabytes' worth of storage in inexpensive toaster- and pocket-size devices.

"On the enterprise side, entire backup data centers are the status quo. These redundant data centers were once highly expensive investments that, in concept, mirrored a company's IT operations.

"'The whole concept of data center backup and redundancy has been shifted since 9/11,' Eric Lundquist, eWEEK's editorial leader, wrote in 2009. 'I'd argue this has happened as more and more research, money and innovation have moved into this sector.'"

Read the Full "What Have We Learned About Data Storage?" Story at eWeek

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