What is media safe?

Media Safe is considered the best solution to protect your CDs, DVDs, hard drives, photos, pen drives and any form of data. It is specifically designed with the intention of resisting fire, water and theft. Having a safe deposit box in the bank to store your valuable data or have a remote backup can be effective, but it is not always easily accessible compared to a good safe at your fingertips, whenever it is needed.

Specs:

Internal temperature:

They are designed to withstand a temperature range of no more than 131°F. CDs and DVDs or any form of data tend to be easily destroyed at temperatures above this range. Therefore, it is important to choose a safe that has a heat resistant capacity that falls within this range.

Moisture resistance:

Moisture is another factor that spoils all forms of data indoors, when water seeps in. All forms of media can only be protected when the moisture content is kept well below 85% and a typical media safe comes with this feature.

Inner volume:

The internal volume of these cabinets ranges from as little as 1.0 cu. ft. to 66.7 cu. ft. with ample media storage capacity.

Mount Type:

Wall and floor mount safes are available. Floor-mounted safes provide more protection than wall-mounted safes, especially during a break-in attempt.

time duration:

They are built to provide fire, water and burglary resistance from a minimum of 1 hour to a maximum of 4 hours. A media-rated safe provides at least 3 hours of protection in all conditions.

Material composition:

Heat-absorbing materials such as composite fire-retardant liner and amalgamated concrete fire-retardant liner are the best options. Thick seamless steel walls and door provide maximum protection. Other materials such as asbestos are also used. Sheet Rock Fire Retardant Cladding, Ceramic Wool Fire Retardant Cladding that offers insulation. Fireproof foam insulation such as mineral wool and strong steel casing are also incorporated. Fire cabinets are also made to be water resistant through the use of high quality DB seals and gaskets. This prevents water from reaching the safe.

Lock system:

Locking and relocking systems are important to secure content. UL approved Group 2 locker system, three-way locking systems, electronic locking systems, 2 to 10 lockers are used that are capable of securing contents even during earthquakes and burglary attempts. With these locks, it becomes difficult to open the safe, even with the use of sharp hand tools.

Ratings:

UL (Underwriters Laboratories Rating) and UL Residential Security Rating for combinations of fire, water and lock are considered the world’s most respected rating systems that technically rate fire safes for their material composition, strength and long-term stability. Each cabinet is tested under various critical conditions, such as subjecting it to extremely high temperatures, dropping it from a particular height, which will hone its long-term performance.

It is mandatory that an ideal Media Safe meets all of the above requirements to provide long-term protection, at least for a period of 10 years.