Data Protection Topics

At CRU, we are in the business of providing the solutions, products, and tools for organizations of all kinds to secure and protect their data, efficiently transport data, and investigate and forensically acquire digital evidence.

These white papers and discussions help make the various technologies we encounter in our lines of business more accessible and easier to understand. We want you to successfully back up and protect your data, whether it’s business data, personal information, images, videos, or whatever is important to you or your organization.

There are several terms used throughout this site in regard to our products. This primer on drive enclosures, JBOD (just a bunch of disks), and RAID (redundant array of independent disks) should help those of you who are new to the world of disk enclosures and working with bare drives.

3-2-1 Backup

Dedupe/Compression

Drive Enclosures

Encryption

Erasing Drives

Hard Drive Security Study

JBOD

Logical Imaging

RAID

Removable Drives and Data Portability

TrayFree

WriteBlockers