Re: Media Safe fire ratings

[ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

All good questions, but other than the first 3, outside of my scope... ;)

I did find one vendor that gave a statistic of the average business fire
burning for 20 minutes at a temp of 800 degrees (far below the rating of he
UL 125 approved safes).   It suggested that more inaccessible/rural
businesses would want to plan for more time before firefighters could
extinquish.  Another vendor described the 2hr/3hr models as probable
overkill.

Not sure i'd want to explain having a 1hr safe in place in the event of a
2hr fire, though...





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Better question, has anyone ever had a fire and had their media in a fire
safe?  If so:
- was the fire intense?
- How did the media come out?
- Any water damage from the fire fighters?

Or,  Has anyone had their media in a fire save when a tornado wiped out
their building?  Was the safe hard to find?  Take long to dig through the
rubble to find it?

Anyone have their media in a fire safe and get flooded, like Katrina?
Media ok?

Anyone used to use a media safe and switch to offsite after a particularly
nasty event?


Rob Berendt
--
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





From:   ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:     midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:   01/08/2010 12:25 PM
Subject:        Media Safe fire ratings
Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx





We are looking into media fire safes for the storage of backup media and
software media... I have done a good bit of reading into ratings, testing,
and specs, but am looking for some in the trenches opinions on what rating
is reasonably needed (in terms of 1 hour, 2 hour, or 3 hour protection).
Has anyone out there purchased such a safe, and how did you decide what is
a reasonable level of protection for the cost...?

I have a gut feeling on it, but curious what others may have done...

Thanks!
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