A battery fire has destroyed storage hardware in South Korea The issue has brought the South Korean government to a grinding halt Over 850TB of information has been lost forever A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data center in Daejeon, South Korea, has perfectly illustrated why we emphasize such importance on backup services . Reports suggest the incident was the result of a battery fire, and it destroyed over 858TB of data - which is now permanently lost. In the fire,