| Problems Storing Data without a Linux Storage | | | | Even if data is stored religiously, the choice in data |
| Server | | | | storage facility can impact the quality of the data. |
| There are many ways to back up any sort of data, | | | | Often, even though it appears that the data has |
| including CD's; DVD's; external USB hard-drives and | | | | been stored successfully, this is not the case. |
| magnetic tapes. Although this may function well over | | | | Peace of Mind when Storing Data |
| the short-term, storage devices such as CD's and | | | | A Linux Storage Server will allow you to safely and |
| DVD's tend to degrade over time. Many individuals | | | | securely save your data on a central location. |
| and companies who have stored important | | | | Essentially, a this is a computer on a network, but it |
| information to CD have been faced with the | | | | is built with special hardware (and Linux software) in |
| problems that occur when the CD is damaged or | | | | order to allow for the data storage capability to be |
| degrades and start to peel. | | | | much more reliable than the other alternatives |
| Other problems also arise when the backing-up of | | | | available. In addition, the Linux storage server is |
| data is not done religiously. If a company, for | | | | readily available to computers within this network; |
| example, does not back up all their current data to a | | | | encouraging these individuals to store their data easily |
| secure and reliable source (such as a Linux Storage | | | | and effectively. |
| Server), an event such as a robbery will set the | | | | Setting up a Linux Storage Server |
| company back many months. If the current | | | | In order to gain the benefits associated with storing |
| information had been stored precisely and securely, | | | | data correctly and in a reliable medium, the |
| the company concerned would have been in a | | | | implementation of a Linux storage server is a viable |
| position to pick up where they left off with the last | | | | option that can be implemented. |
| data stored. | | | | |