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For Your Information:
We have provided three areas of
information here;
What causes data
loss?
How much does it cost
when you loose data?
What can I do
to prevent losing data?
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According to a data recovery
company who specializes in recovering data from the physical media, their
customers reported losses caused by the following:
- Hardware or System Malfunctions
- Human Error
- Software Corruption or Program Malfunctions
- Computer Viruses
- Natural Disasters
- Other
As you can see the majority of the data loss is caused by
hardware or system problems. Most hard drives used today have an average
lifetime of 3 to 6 years, depending on their use. Manufacturing defects have
reduced but are still a threat to your data.
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| Even though there have been
technological advances in the reliability of storage media, data losses
continue to rise. Having a reliable disaster recovery plan is crucial to
your business. To the left are some of the reasons for the increases
in data loss.
5-Star Solutions, Ltd
provides businesses with an added measure of security by providing our
Clients with a disaster recovery plan and remote data backup services to
help insure customers can quickly and easily recover from what ever may
occur causing them to loose their data. |
- More data in smaller spaces: With larger hard
drives and the advancement of how data is stored on a drive going from FAT
16 to FAT 32 and now NTFS data is more compact on a drive.
- Data is more mission critical to a business:
More industries are relying on computers to store and receive massive
amounts of data related to their business, everything from financial
records to inventory control.
- No single backup tool or plan is 100% reliable:
Data is stored on media that is susceptible to failure at any time without
warning.
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| The table to the left is information reported
by clients to Safeware, Inc., an agency that specializes in insurance
programs for computer users and businesses. They report an increase of 110%
in claims related to "accidents" from the prior year and 124% from water and
flood damages. As more businesses and people use computers these number
could continue to rise.
Although insurance is important, it can not replace
lost data! Insurance is essential in this day and age, and so is Remote Data
Backup services. Think of Remote Data Backup service as a kind of
"insurance" for your data.
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Source: Safeware, Inc.
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What does it cost your industry
per hour in downtime? The cost is amazing! The banking industry
loses $996,000 per hour and energy related industries lose $2.8 Million per
hour. Where does your industry fall in these categories? Could you
afford it?
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Industry Sector |
Revenue/Hour |
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Energy |
$2.8 million |
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Telecommunications |
$2.0 million |
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Manufacturing |
$1.6 million |
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Financial Institutions |
$1.4 million |
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Information Technology |
$1.3 million |
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Insurance |
$1.2 million |
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Retail |
$1.1 million |
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Pharmaceuticals |
$1.0 million |
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Banking |
$996,000 |
Companies that specialize in recovering data charge
hundreds to thousands of dollars to
recover data from your media.
Different types of media include; Hard drives, tape
cartridges, floppy disks, zip disks, etc.
A recent quote from one company for a 20GB
Hard Drive was $100 to analyze the disk and $600 to $2200 for the recovery.
On an "emergency" basis those costs raise to
$1000
to analyze and $3000
to $9000
for the recovery of data from a SINGLE disk!!! Back to top |
Source: IT Performance Engineering &
Measurement Strategies: Quantifying Performance Loss, Meta Group, October
2000. |
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| There are many things you can do
to prevent losing your data, although not any one of them are 100% reliable.
First, call or
contact
5-Star Solutions, Ltd
and arrange for your FREE Personalized Professional Risk Analysis. We can
then evaluate your own situation and make recommendations for a Disaster
Recovery Plan based on your situation.
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Second, based on your Personalized Professional Risk
Analysis and your suggested Disaster Recovery Plan determine the time frame
you want to implement your plan. Remember, the longer you wait the more it
could cost your business. Your FREE Two
Week Trial can start TODAY! Just click on the link below. Third, refer
5-Star Solutions, Ltd
to another business owner. We rely heavily on word of mouth advertising and
reward our clients for any referrals that are made to
5-Star Solutions, Ltd.
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