Best Practices

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Do you have any best practices or advice you would like to share with your peers on your CAS technology implementation?

[Bill]

Tanya,

With Hurricane Katrina still very fresh in my mind, I am wondering are there any special disaster recovery needs that people who adopt CAS solutions need to keep in mind? If a CAS user can suggest any relevant, special considerations that one needs to keep in mind that would be really helpful.

--Bill

[Bill]

Well, this is interesting, and at least to me rather counter-intuitive: if you happen to have a flooded hard drive, or worse, data center, keep the whole operation WET!

details: http://www.abanet.org/katrina/technology.html

From Ontrack DataRecovery: Do NOT allow equipment to dry out. It is recommended to put any wet media into sealable plastic bags to hold the moisture. It may be a good idea to put a wet towel in that bag with the drive to insure that the media stays moist. This is very important. There is a lot of debris and contaminates in the water that could corrode and damage the media if allowed to dry. The proper steps for cleaning and drying the material will be key in working with the media, and as experts with this type of situation it is best handled by our engineers. Even rinsing the media with tap water could further corrode the media.

As well, the individuals' health should be number one. In handling equipment; face masks, rubber or latex gloves, and proper dress should be considered. Again, the material has been subjected to very unsanitary circumstances, and it is advised to take precautions to insure the well being of the individuals handling the equipment, and working in those environments.