Sallie G.
Ghostwriter, Linguistic Alchemist, Podcast Consultant, and WordPress Fangirl
Does anyone have questions for DriveSavers about data recovery? I'm interviewing them on 2/19/09 for my blog.
DriveSavers has just introduced security standards for data recovery, which is why they asked for an interview. But what would YOUR biggest concerns be if your hard drive died and you had to send it in to see if the data could be salvaged? What should I ask about? (Visit www.drivesavers.com for more about them, and www.fileslinger.com/blog/ for more about the column the interview will appear in.)
Good Answers (6)
First of all I would like to know more about their new standards and how do they differentiate from their competition. Also I notice that the emphasis of their data retrieval service is after the disaster, which might cause irrecoverable damage to business in this downturn economy. Organization may not be in a position to take business limiting risk and bypass the security fundamental like BCP.
Links:
How are they positioning themselves/better than, Ontrack Data Recovery? Both companies have nearly identical taglines of being the world leader in data recovery services. Both offer similar products and services. What is going to define them as the better option at the consumer/SMB/Enterprise level? Personal service? Price? Specialized knowledge? Tools? How are they going to make data recovery affordable for the average Joe or Jane that didn't make a backup?
Links:
Matthew W.
President - The Network Operations Company [LiveSigns, UnwiredCity, GuestNetworks]
Best Answers in: Wireless (3), Starting Up (1), E-Commerce (1), Computer Networking (1)
What can be done to recover data from a Solid State Disk? Are they potentially more secure but riskier if data can never be recovered, as it can be from magnetic disks?
Nina F.
Moderator, Bookkeeper's Network forum / Administrator at Bookkeeper's Network
I'd like to know how easy it usually is to piece together the found data. In other words, how broken-up do files tend to be when they're recovered? Does one usually see things in chunks, like paragraphs, sentences, or columns? Or just by the word?
Nina Feldman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you trying to do everything yourself? Call us for
recommendations of freelance computer professionals who
can simplify your life. http://www.ninafeldman.com
Endorsements: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ninafeldman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At what point do you determine that the cost of retrieval is more than the value of the data itself? In other words - when is it too expensive to recover lost data and how do you determine that point?
And how do we find your blog to see the answers?
My belief is that "Prevention is the best medicine" and therefore, doing off-site backups is absolutely critical. It saved my bacon last year when my laptop died. Forensics and recovery of data on a crashed drive is an expensive and not always successful solution.
What are they doing to integrate with a "prevention" mode so that people can do encrypted, compressed off-site backups via the Internet (automatic of course), so that their recovery mode is more easily accomplished should it ever be needed?
Thanks, Sallie! Look forward to the blog.
More Answers (4)
http://www.mckeay.net/2007/08/28/who-do-you-call-when-your-drive-crashes/
I did a video interview of DriveSavers 18 months ago. Nice guys. I still see them from time to time at conventions.
Martin
How do they determine their price?
Mathew S.
Sr. Systems Administrator at Synopsys
Best Answers in: Using LinkedIn (6), Staffing and Recruiting (5), Organizational Development (3), Computers and Software (3), Certification and Licenses (2), Personnel Policies (2), Internationalization and Localization (2), Offshoring and Outsourcing (2), Telecommunications (2), Wireless (2), Commercial Real Estate (1), Education and Schools (1), Occupational Training (1), Government Policy (1), Compensation and Benefits (1), Graphic Design (1), Sales Techniques (1), Writing and Editing (1), Change Management (1), Project Management (1), Quality Management and Standards (1), Personal Debt Management (1), Product Design (1), Professional Books and Resources (1), Career Management (1), Professional Networking (1), Databases (1), Software Development (1), Web Development (1)
I've used drivesavers twice. Really good work.....
Stephen K.
Experienced Troubleshooter
Best Answers in: Computers and Software (2), Computer Networking (1)
Ask them if they are hiring, I need a job lol.
