SSDs - the big picture
Editor:-
June 21, 2010 -
StorageSearch.com today
published a new article -
What's the big
picture message re SSDs?
If you often find yourself explaining
to your VC, lawyer or non technical BBQ guests why you spend so much time
immersed in SSD web pages - this may be the link they need.
survey shows most users think they can't afford zero loss disaster
recovery
Editor:- June 9, 2010 - Axxana today
published
findings from a survey it funded to understand the role that
cost plays in
inhibiting user adoption of zero data loss disaster recovery solutions
such as its own SSD based solutions.
'This survey has really shown
how today's end users still feel that eliminating data loss though a disaster
recovery strategy is still out of their budget,' said Eli Efrat, Axxana's CEO.
'Although cost is still an important consideration, the results support our
strategy and I am confident that a year from now solutions such as our Phoenix
System will have a much bigger foothold in the market because they make zero
data loss DR an affordable option.'
SSD Backup
reaching for the petabyte SSD
Editor:- March 16,
2010 - previewing the final chapters in the long running
SSD vs HDD wars -
StorageSearch.com today
published an industry changing new article -
SSDs - reaching for
the Petabyte.
What will the PB SSD look like? When will it appear?
What technology problems do
SSD designers have to
solve to get there? What about the
storage architecture
that the PB SSD fits into? How much electrical power will it consume? And...
you may be curious - how much will it cost?
All these questions and
more - are discussed and answered in this article which - I anticipate -
will inspire product managers and company founders to create completely new
types of SSDs. ...read
the article
In Space the Data Recovery Engineer can't hear You Scream
Editor:-
February 15, 2010 -
NASA's
Solar Dynamics Observatory, launched last week, uses an SSD error
correction architecture designed by ECC Technologies.
Phil
White, inventor of this scheme says - "You can think of the SDO spacecraft
as containing a parallel-transfer, fault-tolerant
SSD that uses DRAM chips
instead of NAND Flash chips... Multiple DRAM chips can fail with no loss of
data or performance."
Editor's comments:-
understanding the data
failure modes in solid state storage arrays isn't rocket science. But
rocket science thinking (high mission cost of data failure without the
cushion of a service engineer or data recovery) - is a critical starting point
in the design of SSDs with high
data integrity.
ioSafe Launches Disaster Proof Backup SSD
Editor:-
January 5, 2010 - ioSafe
launched the
ioSafe Solo SSD - an ultra rugged
USB /
eSATA
external
flash SSD with
upto 256GB capacity ($1,250) designed to provide data protection against
disasters such as fire, flood, and building collapse.
ioSafe offers
a "no questions asked"
Data Recovery policy
to help customers recover from any data disaster including accidental deletion,
virus or physical disaster.
Recalibrating Consumer Assumptions about SSD Data Recovery
Editor:-
December 7, 2009 -
StorageSearch.com today
published a new update on the theme of -
Data Recovery for
flash SSDs.
Market
research consistently shows that most small businesses and consumers don't
do adequate backups.
Such users unwittingly offer themselves as prospective future customers for
data recovery. This is another area in which the user experience of
hard drives is unlike
that for SSDs. The SSD you
buy today determines whether a future data recovery is economically or
technically viable. ...read the article
SSD Data Recovery Company Secures $18 million series C funding
Editor:-
November 2, 2009 -
Link_A_Media Devices
has secured $18 million series C funding - enabling it to bring its products
to market sooner.
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a new investor in the company, led the
funding round. Other key investors are ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Keynote
Ventures, SunAmerica Ventures and several strategic partners.
"I
am very pleased with Link_A_Media's ability to attract new and previous
investors to this round. The interest we generated from the
investment community
is a direct reflection of the huge opportunity for the company in the storage
markets based on our technology leadership," said Dr. Hemant Thapar, CEO
and chairman of Link_A_Media. "Over the past 2 years, we have begun
deploying our leading technologies into custom
SoC products for our
customers to enable their next generation products. Strong customer interest in
our technology is validating the imminent transitions in
data recovery
technology trends for peripheral storage devices, both
HDDs and
SSDs."
Fast Purge flash SSDs
Editor:- September 25, 2009 -
StorageSearch.com today
published a new directory of Fast Purge flash SSDs.
The
need for fast and secure data erase - in which vital parts of a flash SSD or
its data are destroyed in seconds - has always been a requirement in military
projects.
Fast purge SSDs are the antithesis of ideal consumer /
enterprise SSDs - because they are designed to defeat
data recovery. The
problem for military SSD designers is that as recovery techniques get better and
raw computing power increases - the demands on the purge systems are increased. |
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| New Book
on Forensic Data Recovery |
Editor:- June 4, 2009 Ontrack this week
announced availability of the second 2nd edition of the American Bar
Association book,
"Electronic
Evidence and Discovery: What Every Lawyer Should Know Now."
The
authors, both have strong connections to Ontrack and more than 20 years
combined experience in the legal technology industry.
Michele C.S. Lange
serves as a director for the Legal Technologies business line for Kroll Ontrack.
As one of the nation's most knowledgeable experts, Lange is frequently called
upon by journalists to comment on cutting-edge law and technology developments,
and she also routinely shares her expertise and knowledge as a guest speaker for
legal associations, CLE programs and law school courses. Lange graduated from
the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse with highest honors and the
University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude.
Kristin
M. Nimsger, president, Kroll Ontrack, leads the company's more than 30
offices of employees who work to produce products and services for legal,
corporate and government entities through three product lines: Legal
Technologies and Consulting, Data Recovery and Advanced Search Technologies.
Prior to joining Kroll Ontrack, Nimsger practiced law in the areas of complex
product liability litigation, and property and casualty insurance defense.
Nimsger earned her J.D. cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law, St.
Paul, Minnesota, and received her B.A. in English/Communications from the
University of Minnesota, Duluth.
See also:-
"book"
- editor mentions, Storage
People, Data Recovery |
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Data Analyzers Invests in
New Data Recovery Facility
Orlando,
FL - May 12, 2009 - Data Analyzers is moving into a newly acquired
class 100 clean room.
The clean room environment at Data Analyzers
is used to disassemble malfunctioning
hard drives for
data recovery
purposes.
"Despite the economically difficult times, we have
invested in a more efficient clean room environment and are reforming our
business development strategies" said Andrew von Ramin Mapp, founder of
the company.
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| SalvationDATA
Offers Better Hope of Data Recovery for flash SSDs |
Sichuan,
China - February 6, 2009 - SalvationDATA announced it has developed a
new technology for flash SSD data recovery.
The company says its
methodology will work with all commercial devices (excluding military and
industrial SSDs which have inbuilt secure erase). The new tools are expected to
launch in May 2009 - and will be priced at about $1,300.
...SalvationDATA
profile
Editor's comments:- I didn't think this would be
feasible - and even wrote an
article explaining
why it would be very difficult.
It is difficult! - and does need a
new approach. But this is one prediction about which I'll be glad to be proved
wrong. Lack of an affordable flash SSD data recovery industry could have
triggered a backfire, damping enthusiasm in the consumer SSD revolution - and
such a setback could have been a reactionary market differentiator favoring
notebook HDDs. (Most consumers and SMBs don't do effective
backups - a trend which
hasn't changed in all the many years I've reported market research on this
subject.)
Data Recovery Enters Top 5 Storage Searches
Editor:-
January 7, 2009 - Data Recovery (this page you're viewing now) entered the top 5
subjects viewed by StorageSearch.com readers in December 2008 for the
1st time in 10 years.
"Like any rescue service of last resort,
Data Recovery is something which it's healthy to spend little or no time
thinking about. But when something goes wrong with your operating data and
backups - you are forced to become an instant expert" said editor, Zsolt
Kerekes. "The icon used for Data Recovery on the mouse site since 1999 is
still one of my favorites. You can see a larger version of the image
here."
The
list of top articles and subjects will be updated later today on the
market research page.
Xytron Joins IPDRA
Editor:- November 10, 2008 -
Xytron
has joined the International Professional
Data Recovery Association.
Founded in August 2008 by
Disklabs, the IPDRA
vets prospective members for
Data Recovery
experience and publishes a code of conduct for members.
In an
industry where anybody can set up a web site to attract your broken hard disks /
tapes / flash storage - IPDRA aims to be a major leap forward helping
clients decide who they will send their critical or precious data to.
Seagate Services Renamed i365
Editor:- September 23, 2008 -
Seagate today announced a comprehensive rebranding of its EVault,
MetaLINCS, and Seagate Recovery Services companies into a single new brand -
i365
i365, a Seagate Company, focuses on the unique needs
and expectations of small, mid-size and enterprise companies. The "i"
in the name represents information and "365" for commitment to be
reliably available and accessible to customers.
...i365 profile,
renamed storage companies
CBL Data Recovery Launches a Different Type of Data Recovery
Service
MARKHAM,
ON / ARMONK, NY - July 29, 2008 - CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc.
today announced a new service offering which shields computer users from the
expense of data recovery when data loss disaster strikes unexpectedly.
The CBL Data Recovery Service Protection Plan provides 3 years of unlimited
data recovery coverage of a hard drive for $99.99.
"It's not a matter of if data loss will happen; it's simply a
matter of when," said CBL's President and CEO Bill Margeson. "The CBL
DRSPP is a preemptive, affordable alternative to standard data recovery service
fees which can exceed $1,000 when physical damage to a hard drive prevents
access to files. For some computer users, such an unplanned expenditure is not
financially feasible. The CBL Data Recovery Service Protection Plan shields them
from the unexpected expense."
Eligibility? - Any make or model of new and existing internal or
external hard drives are eligible for DRSPP coverage. The hard drive must be
functional at the time of registration and accessible from a computer running a
Windows operating system. The hard drive's serial number is captured during
online registration so when a DRSPP customer incurs data loss, they simply ship
the registered hard drive to CBL. CBL DRSPP coverage extends to data loss
resulting from virtually every cause including user errors, mechanical or
electrical failures, software malfunctions, viruses, and natural disasters.
The CBL Data Recovery Service Protection Plan offers 1 or 3 years of
coverage for $49.99 and $99.99 respectively inclusive of parts, laboratory
time and labor. Shipping and applicable taxes are extra. CBL DRSPP coverage
commences 30 days after payment and registration. ...CBL Data Recovery profile,
Data Recovery,
Storage Services
editor's comments:- the Data Recovery market is a difficult one for
vendors to operate in because no-one wants (or plans) to be a customer in this
segment. It's only when disaster strikes that most customers investigate this
subject.
You could argue that if users thought ahead they would spend
their money on backups. But backups frequently go wrong - or can be affected by
the same common mode failures which render the original data media unreadable
(fire, flood, virus etc).
It will be interesting to see how successful
the new business model is - and (if so) how long it will be before it gets
copied. | |
