Which fire and waterproof safe
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I got one of these http://www.safelincs.co.uk/sentry-s...fe/?fGB=true&gclid=COyJlM3Q77cCFYjLtAods3IAKQ for someone the other week as they didn't have internet access and had a play before they took it home. Brilliant build quality and they hold quite a lot but at around 40KG it's on the heavy side so it wouldn't go on a shelf in a cupboard. I'd definitely go for one of these if I was in the market for one.
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We have a few fire safes and what you need to be aware of is the rating on them for how many minutes they will hold up before the interior reaches the flash point of paper. most cheap ones are only 30-60 mins and not rated for HDD or media only paper. also look at where you position it, we have ours in the celler walled in and there fore quite sheltered,
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Cheers chaps.
The one linked too looks to be just the job, and not too expensive either .
At the moment I keep my backup drives at my dads house, but this will not be an option soon, so looking for something to keep them in at home. It will be going in the garage, bolted to a concrete floor, and the walls are concrete too so should be fine for fire protection.
The one linked too looks to be just the job, and not too expensive either .
At the moment I keep my backup drives at my dads house, but this will not be an option soon, so looking for something to keep them in at home. It will be going in the garage, bolted to a concrete floor, and the walls are concrete too so should be fine for fire protection.
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Considered taking them to work and leaving them in your desk, obviously only works for some jobs!
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I wouldn't leave any personal thing at my place of work, unfortunaly there are one or two there who are rather untrustworthy, as you say at the right workplace a good idea.
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One of my very first jobs was in network support/data security. We had a big book of tips on the desk but right across the cover it said in huge letters
"Remember: data melts a long time before paper burns."
Most fireproof safes protect paper against catching fire. For hard drives you'll need a UL125 class safe.
Some useful information here
https://www.safesandsecurity.com/fire-ratings/ul-125-fire-standards.html
If you're tempted to save money and buy a UL350 (a fireproof safe for paper) then try this simple test. Get an old hard drive and put some data on it. Stick it in your oven at 180 degrees* for an hour. Let it cool and see how much data you can read
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* the 350 is fahrenheit. As all scifi geeks know, paper combusts at Fahrenheit 451.
"Remember: data melts a long time before paper burns."
Most fireproof safes protect paper against catching fire. For hard drives you'll need a UL125 class safe.
Some useful information here
https://www.safesandsecurity.com/fire-ratings/ul-125-fire-standards.html
If you're tempted to save money and buy a UL350 (a fireproof safe for paper) then try this simple test. Get an old hard drive and put some data on it. Stick it in your oven at 180 degrees* for an hour. Let it cool and see how much data you can read
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* the 350 is fahrenheit. As all scifi geeks know, paper combusts at Fahrenheit 451.
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Yep absolutely with Jonathan different standard for data, tapes and hdd if you are super paranoid about data security and keeping your backups safe consider a safety depost box type solution or some kind of offsite storage.
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Or encryption and a friends house.