ioSafe Responds to "Fireproof Storage? I Don't Get It"

I received an e-mail from Robb Moore, the president of ioSafe, responding to my recent post wondering if the whole concept of fireproof storage devices for on-site backup was a bad idea. Restraining myself from making snarky comments to his points I'm posting his message as is, and with his permission, below. I'll probably make snarly comments soon since restraint isn't my greatest strength.

Howard Marks, Network Computing Blogger

March 7, 2008

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I received an e-mail from Robb Moore, the president of ioSafe, responding to my recent post wondering if the whole concept of fireproof storage devices for on-site backup was a bad idea. Restraining myself from making snarky comments to his points I'm posting his message as is, and with his permission, below. I'll probably make snarly comments soon since restraint isn't my greatest strength.Hi Howard-

I'm the CEO of ioSafe and I read your blog yesterday, "Fireproof Storage? I Don't Get It." While you bring up some valid points, I think you may be missing some key points when analyzing the benefits of disaster proof hardware and SMB's. Have you considered the following?

About the Author

Howard Marks

Network Computing Blogger

Howard Marks is founder and chief scientist at Deepstorage LLC, a storage consultancy and independent test lab based in Santa Fe, N.M. and concentrating on storage and data center networking. In more than 25 years of consulting, Marks has designed and implemented storage systems, networks, management systems and Internet strategies at organizations including American Express, J.P. Morgan, Borden Foods, U.S. Tobacco, BBDO Worldwide, Foxwoods Resort Casino and the State University of New York at Purchase. The testing at DeepStorage Labs is informed by that real world experience.

He has been a frequent contributor to Network Computing and InformationWeek since 1999 and a speaker at industry conferences including Comnet, PC Expo, Interop and Microsoft's TechEd since 1990. He is the author of Networking Windows and co-author of Windows NT Unleashed (Sams).

He is co-host, with Ray Lucchesi of the monthly Greybeards on Storage podcast where the voices of experience discuss the latest issues in the storage world with industry leaders.  You can find the podcast at: http://www.deepstorage.net/NEW/GBoS

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