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Having a data management plan is the first step to protecting

your company’s data.

You’ll also need to consider:• Volumeofdatayoucreate• Storagecosts• Serverstorageavailable• Securityneededtoprotect your data

With this information, you’ll have a better idea of what kind of device and storage system you’ll need

to integrate, or just update.

Here are a few kinds:

That means you need to know:• Whatfileformatsare being created• Whoiscreatingthem• Howoldtheyare• Howmuchstoragecapacity eachfileconsumes

What would happen if your business lost its data? Could you continue to operate?

Unfortunately, data failure happens.

However you lose it, in 83% of cases, data can be recovered. But it’s an expen$ive operation.

Here’s how:2

Hardware failure - 40%

Human error - 29%

Software corruption - 13%

Theft - 9%

Computer viruses - 6%

Hardware destruction - 3%

Evolution of Data1

You use data everyday. You use it for:•Saletransactions•Vendorexpenses•Billingandpayroll•Taxandinsuranceinformation•Andsomuchmore!

Storing & RestoringYOUR COMPANY

DATAA crash course in data management and safekeeping

Direct attached storage (DAS)6

A direct connection to the server, either through the use of an internal server diskcontrolleroranexternalstorage subsystem, DAS systems are easy to use and generally low in costs.

Remote mirroring system3

This generates a mirror image of the data on one or more disks located locally or remotely. It functions in real time and provides the most current critical business data accessible via duplicate disks.

Network attached storage (NAS)6

This is attached to the common networkviaEthernet.It’safileserverthat often integrates an optimized operatingsystemforfilesharing. This means that all processing is done locally at the client’s request.

Storage area network (SAN)6

Designed to be accessible by multiple servers, a storage area network makes other storage devices more accessible to a main server. It contains large volumes of data in block units instead of byindividualfiles.

Disk arrayThis links multiple hard drives into one big drive. The most common kind of disk array is a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). Redundancy implies its ability to write and store data to multiple locations in case a fileisdamaged.4 This kind of configurationisparticularlyuseful for organizations with servers laden with multimedia-heavy data.5

There are many ways to store and protect your data. Take steps today to ensure you’re keeping your data safe.

1981Introduction of the floppy disk with 1.4MB capacity

1982 Compact Disc (CD) developed with 700MB capacity

1990 Cost of storing 1GB of data = $9,000

Data capacity increasesforCDs/DVDsto 4.7GB and flash drives hold 256GB

2000sCost of storing 1GB of data = $19.70

BluRay® discs emerge with 25GB storage capacity

2009 Cost of storing 1GB of data = $0.07

1980 Cost of storing 1GB of data = $193,000

Sorry

CLOSEDWE’RE

We lost our data

That’s why keeping your data safe is so important.