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BS ISO 18943:2014

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Imaging materials. Magnetic hard drives used for image storage. Care and handling
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-12-2014

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 HDD components
4 Possible physical configurations
5 Access and usage options
6 Reliability
7 Data quality
8 Interoperability/Compatibility
9 Migration
10 Environmental factors
11 Possible failure mechanisms
12 Obsolescence issues
13 Transportation and shipping
14 Disaster
15 Staff training
16 Minimum handling requirements checklist
Annex A (normative) - RAID and MAID levels
Annex B (informative) - Websites and general
        information
Bibliography

Prescribes handling procedures to maximise the effective life of the data written on magnetic HDDs.

This International Standard concerns the storage, care, and handling of HDDs. It recommends handling procedures to maximise the effective life of the data written on magnetic HDDs. Faulty care and handling methods can cause damage to a disk and the contents written thereon. It also recommends storage practices to preserve both the hard disk media and the content encoded thereon.

The recommendations in this International Standard apply where the desired result is extended-term retention of the data encoded on the disk. The use of the phrase “care and handling” in this International Standard is restricted to the physical domain or hardware aspects of the HDD. This International Standard is not intended to address associated or relative system aspects of HDDs. With recognition that the scope of systems is covered in other standards, this International Standard precisely aims to fill a void of information on HDDs as physical media with failure mechanisms and handling risks.

This International Standard does not promote or advocate that proper physical care and handling represents the only element on the path to extended-term usage (more than two years), but rather is part of a comprehensive set of practices to mitigate risks in the long term preservation of content stored on HDDs.

Committee
CPW/42
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 13/30263493 DC. (12/2014)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
26
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 18943:2014 Identical

NFPA 232 : 2017 PROTECTION OF RECORDS
NFPA 75 : 2017 FIRE PROTECTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT
NAPM IT9.21 : 1996 LIFE EXPECTANCY OF COMPACT DISCS (CD-ROM) - METHOD FOR ESTIMATING, BASED ON EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
ISO 18921:2008 Imaging materials Compact discs (CD-ROM) Method for estimating the life expectancy based on the effects of temperature and relative humidity
ISO/IEC 10149:1995 Information technology Data interchange on read-only 120 mm optical data disks (CD-ROM)
ISO 18934:2011 Imaging materials Multiple media archives Storage environment

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