Redundant data storage is considered by many IT pros to be a “no brainer”. Still, there are plenty of people who have a need for this sort of thing yet do not implement it for a variety of factors.

Of course, this means you need to set up a RAID array. Well no longer does this have to be a pain to do. You can use the ARAID 2000 instead of cracking open your case. Using an external device like this helps to keep things as simple as possible.

Despite all the progress in hard disk drive technology, even the most recent Serial ATA drives are not immune from sudden hardware failure. The main reason is that while most hardware components are entirely electronic, hard drives have important mechanical elements: a motor, actuators, heads and spinning platters.

Of course, this dual nature - combining electronic and mechanical parts - also applies to optical drives. But while a defect on a DVD drive surely can be annoying, it is not nearly as big of a problem as when a hard drive suffers a serious problem. (If you’ve ever seen the horrific messages sent by Windows or the BIOS in these cases, you know what we mean.) Often the result of such a failure can be quite shocking: the data is lost, and can only be restored by hiring expensive data recovery specialists like CBL or Ontrack.