Follow these tips for years of hard drive storage.
If you’re wanting to store your hard drives for the long haul (as in decades), a ProStorage hard drive storage system can help. This system will help preserve and organize hard drive data over time, but there are also other things you can do alongside using ProStorage to ensure that your data will survive for years and years to come.
Use ProStorage!
Obviously, we are a big fan of the ProStorage system and the benefits it provides when it comes to long term hard drive storage. Investing in ProStorage is a good first step to preserving your data for the long haul. Our professional hard drive cases are made with durable, anti-static foam to protect hard drives against physical damage and static electricity. In addition to protecting your sensitive and important data, ProStorage fits perfectly into most standard file cabinets making it easy to organize all your hard drives either at home or in the office. You’ll love the amount of free space ProStorage clears up in the meantime. Not to mention, it’s an extremely cost-effective way to ensure the safety of your data.
Store files in more than one place.
Even if you prefer cloud-based hosted backup service for your files, it’s still wise to invest in additional hard drive storage of another kind. It’s never a bad idea to have duplicate files in multiple different places for added protection from the things you hope never happen, like fires, floods and other unpredictable events.
Consider upgrading or refreshing media every five years.
With the quick pace of our world’s technological advances, upgrading or refreshing media every five years is a proactive solution to make sure your hard drive storage never becomes obsolete. Imagine how frustrating it would be to try to get your important files off of a floppy disc in this day and age. Avoid that struggle completely by continually changing the media form in which you store your files.
If you’re storing all your data on hard drives in cold storage, there’s no need to worry about your data deteriorating. Just make sure your hard drive storage is kept in a climate controlled location and as we mentioned earlier, spin it up every few years and create additional copies of its data and update media as new technologies arise.
For more tips and information on archiving and hard drive storage, stay tuned to our blog or visit getprostorage.com for more details on our ProStorage system.