Bit Rot: What It Is and How To Stop It From Destroying Your Data
Bit rot sounds like something organic that happens over time. But the truth is much more immediate and technical. Hard disks are marketed as supremely reliable and often quote mean times between...
View ArticleReconnecting Missing Folders and Photos in Lightroom Classic
Very few things are more frustrating in a Lightroom workflow than encountering the dreaded ‘?’ indicating missing photos. While it might seem like a mystery, quite simply, the question mark means...
View ArticleTape Backup vs Cloud: Storage Security and Cost Factors Compared
As we’ve covered in previous articles, at ProStorage, we are big proponents of tape storage for archiving in general and LTO specifically. This is especially true for businesses with massive amounts...
View ArticleDisk-based Backup: Is it still the best way to archive your data?
It’s pretty simple, disk backup, or disk-based backup, is a data backup and recovery method that backs data up to hard disk storage. Disk backups are widely used and can be supplemented by methods...
View ArticleGarbage Collection & TRIM: SSDs Dirty Little Secret
The rumblings online and in certain IT circles have proven to be true: SSD speeds can slow down over time. Fortunately, there are things you can do that can prevent this from happening and help you...
View ArticleSSD Myths: 5 Myths About SSD Issues Debunked
Solid-state drives are no longer brand new technology–it’s been around the block, so to speak. SSDs are mature now, and the technology has surpassed hard disk drives with superior performance,...
View ArticleIntroducing the Portable Series: ProStorage Pelican 1510 Case inserts
We’re going mobile. It was inevitable and a natural evolution to the ProStorage line. You move around from location to location and so does your data. We thought about how we can help you protect your...
View ArticleAir-Gapping: Adding Extra Security Into Your Workflow
Keeping your files safely organized, backed up, and archived has to be a priority of any professional who builds a large amount of digital data for or about clients. But, with all the foreign and...
View ArticleOffsite Storage: A Critical Part of Your Archiving Strategy
Mention offsite storage in today’s data-driven climate and people automatically think of cloud storage. It’s not a bad thing, but as we’ve written about before, cloud storage can turn into a very...
View ArticleDigital Asset Management: Managing Your Digital Assets in a Visual World
While the digital world continues to evolve and change, one thing that won’t is the fact that people love visual stories. To connect with them, brands will need to continue creating digital assets....
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