Symform uses RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) 96, which encrypts, shreds, and geographically scatters each fragment of data to 96 different devices. Ordinary data centers use RAID 5 or 6 storage, which distributes data across 5 or 6 disks in the same server. That means data can be lost in the event of only two or three simultaneous disk failures. With RAID 96, each 64 MB block of data in a customer’s file is protected from up to 33 unrelated, geographically separate disk failures. For extra security, each 64 MB block, encrypted with its own key, is split into 96 fragments. To restore data, only 64 of the 96 fragments are required – Symform can identify the “fastest 64” which reassemble the data in usable format on the source device, Schiltz says. |