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A Few Disturbing Data Tidbits

By Judy Mottl on January 10, 2008 5:21 PM

Don't think those bucks spent on data security and protection are paying off?

Just consider these few factoids about computer data loss from Data Deposit Box:

A hard drive crashes every 15 seconds
32% of data loss is caused by human error
25% of lost data is due to the failure of a portable drive
44% of data loss caused by mechanical failures
1 in 5 computers suffer a fatal hard drive crash during their lifetime
The overall average failure rate of disk and tape drives is 100% - all drives eventually fail

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