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Silent Bricks vs. LTO: beyond acquisition costs Not surprisingly, the world of broadcasting and film needs to store large amounts of data. We all know from our smartphones that storing images now requires a lot of memory space. Moreover, for…

How to keep data in your own ‘file folder’! Using Silent Bricks with multiple users allows data to be kept separate from other data. Not even convenient for privacy reasons, but mostly good for handling. An example: in the case…

Check out the Silent Bricks at the IBC! The RAI in Amsterdam will be the stage for the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) from September 13 to 18. FAST LTA, the German manufacturer of Silent Bricks, is present at IBC, and…

Different industries helped with Silent Bricks Secure and reliable storage of all kinds of data is the rule rather than the exception. Not infrequently, this involves large amounts of data, as we explained in our previous blog. The importance of…

Lots of data? Think Silent Bricks! Many companies in various industries deal with film footage. Companies in security, for example. Images taken by security cameras must be retained for a certain amount of time. This means a large amount of…

That’s how you can reduce your backup! Many organizations know the problem: a huge amount of data, which must be backed up daily. In some cases, that quantity is so large that backing up takes longer than 24 hours. A…

Backup and the hole in the sky In our previous blog, we discussed the combination of different types of backup: on tape and hard drive. The advantages of these methods are united in SilentBricks, which also exclude the disadvantages. The…

The best of both worlds The choice is not easy. When backing up, do you choose tape or disk? Both systems have advantages. A tape backup is transportable, you can do it offline and off-site, has low power consumption and…

The AVG is coming: get hardware in order! The AVG (General Data Protection Regulation) places a number of technical requirements on data storage hardware. Literally: permanently ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience.

AVG places requirements on hardware Usually, the AVG is viewed as a law that emphasizes data protection and security. That is certainly true, but the AVG affects other issues as well. It is not only a matter of content protection…