What's Wrong With Fireproof Safes?
There's really nothing wrong with a home test secure fire. They are well designed to keep the paper product to reach a temperature that will destroy or ruin. However they will not prevent computer data backup to CD is performed, DVD, or flash drive from the destruction. They will not protect photo slides and negatives either.
The problem is that we can not comprehend feedback resistant to fire or fire-proof safes that are assigned to. There are three basic votes for the proof of fire safe by Underwriters Laboratories. If a safe is rated for 1 hour then it is to keep internal temperatures under the rating specified for the entire hour
UL 350 -. The safe must keep the internal temperature below 350 degrees Fahrenheit. This is below the normal temperature for the majority of products of paper to burn, char or become useless.
UL 150 is a vote for tapes, cartridges, microfiche and microfilm. In addition to maintaining the interior equal to or less than 150 degrees, the humidity must be below 85%.
UL 125 is the standard for floppy disks. In this case, the temperature can not exceed 125 ° C and 80% humidity.Humidity and water damage is important if you plan to protect electronic devices such as flash drives.
test your Data Media
If you have any doubt about the need to have a better house or nominal-proof office of fire safety to protect your data, then you can try this simple test.
Find a pair of photographic negatives or slides and one that does not print or two care. Get two old CDs or DVDs with some information about them. Put one of the CDs in a casket.
Preheat oven to 0 degrees kitchen and turn it off so the elements do not light up. Radiant heat may increase and cause the plastic to melt even if the air temperature is only 0 degrees. Place both the CD into the CD jewel case and the other on a piece of paper and put them in the oven. Wait a few minutes and you can watch the CD curl up in custody. Obviously, the data will never recovered from it. carefully remove the other CDs that do not bend. When it has cooled you can put into your computer and see if the data is intact. Sometimes it will be OK.
Now Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Do not set to 350 only in the case in which the oven thermostat is not accurate. When the oven has reached the correct temperature, turn it off. Insert your photos, slides and negatives on a piece of paper. Put your good CD in also oven on a piece of paper.
you will notice that a negative almost immediately curl up and be destroyed. The images will curl a bit 'and most likely be slightly discolored. The images will eventually flatten out again, but there will be no hope for slides or negatives.
The CD remains flat, but the data will be gone. You will probably be able to see the bubbles in the plastic of the CD recording side.
Alternatives
Here are three alternatives, if you want to protect your data.
Get Safe a fireproof support. will protect your photos, slides, negatives, CDs and DVDs. As indicated above, a UL 125 rated fireproof safety data will be protected from heat and humidity. While a normal safe house fireproof can protect the data contents for a few minutes, the likely hood that the data will be more than 15 minutes safely is extremely low
The advantages of a safe deposit box support Fireproof.
- The rapidly backup capacity flash drive and immediately store data more night after making a backup.
- The data is available even if you do not have internet access.
- You do not have to pay monthly or annual fees ones you have your safe.
Disadvantage of a cassette of the media fire-proof security:
- The biggest disadvantage of a safe fireproof media is the initial cost. They are not cheap.
Use an online backup system. This is a very effective way to ensure that data is kept secure. Well, sure as you can expect when you are using another company to keep your data. If you do not have a lot more data, you can find free on the web services
The online backup advantages :.
- Your data are stored in a completely different position.
- In many cases, the data can be encrypted for added security.
Disadvantage:
- , you may need to use special software. software changes over time and so do encryption methods.
- you may find yourself converting data or even move when a company goes out of business.
- There are no annual fees when you have a lot of data and that will cost you more in time of a safe-proof the media fire.
- It is not possible to store some DVDs purchased online software. They often require the original DVD to reinstall the software.
- Loading the nightly backup to the Internet is not as fast as saving to a flash drive.
rent a safety deposit box at your local bank.
The advantages of a safe deposit box :.
- Have you maximum protection
- You protect data offsite
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disadvantages of a safe:
- Limited access to data. It is there when you need it and you can not guarantee every night.
- boxes are really small. You can store a lot of data on DVD, but you can not put a lot of slides and negatives in one.
- The costs of a cassette vary greatly, but also cost more over time of a fireproof support safe.
Conclusion
Evaluate your situation. If you do not have a lot of data, then online backup may be the best option. If you have a large amount of data and you have many software packages purchased then the best solution is a secure home or office fire-proof supports. Whatever you do, do not be caught with a fire in the home and the office and find that you have lost your data.
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