Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIt’s important to know what data you should back up, how often you should do it, where you should store the backed-up data and how to get it there. Here are the three basic backup methods to consider. By Rich Castagna You’ve got thousands of photos, hundreds of songs and who-knows-how-many important documents safely tucked away on your laptop’s hard
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesNetApp storage appliances and VMware’s vSphere platform provide widely used data center resources. Combine their capabilities by using NetApp’s SnapCenter to back up vSphere. By Dan Franciscus One of the most common setups for virtual environments is to use vSphere — vCenter and ESXi hosts — in conjunction with NetApp storage appliances. Both VMware and NetApp offer best-in-class resources, which
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCloud providers now offer NAS compatibility, which gives another option for NAS backup. Know what to expect when exploring NAS backup for cloud options. By John Edwards NAS systems are designed to provide reliable, redundant backup capabilities. As a result, simultaneous storage and backup failures are rare. However, it is not impossible. When a crisis strikes, such as a fire, natural
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe Covid-19 pandemic forced big changes in how people work – we look at impacts on backup, including increased reliance on the cloud, plus security and compliance vulnerabilities and ransomware By Stephen Pritchard Remote working is now a permanent arrangement for a growing number of businesses after the Covid-19 pandemic pushed organisations of all sizes to move to home working
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe VMware snapshot is a critical component of VMware backup. In this guide to the basics of VMware backup, we walk you through the key processes and suggest some best practices. By Michelle Laverick Server virtualisation introduces a radically different approach to backing up data in the enterprise than simply using backup agents installed in the guest operating system and backing
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesTape still has benefits, such as an ‘air gap’ that can insulate archives from threats to data integrity. But what are the opportunities for cloud in tape’s traditional use cases? By Stephen Pritchard Tape is the Mark Twain of data storage: reports of its death are certainly exaggerated. Tape continues to play a role in the enterprise, and not just because it is
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIn a battle of RAID vs. backup, both could win. While RAID offers disk failure protection, it falls short in other areas where backup comes in handy. By Brien Posey RAID and backups are both useful — but different — tools for IT pros who protect their organization’s data. RAID cannot provide a suitable substitute for backup, but you can
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesBackup Exec, which is now under the Veritas brand, is one of the top names in data protection. If a Backup Exec error occurs, it may be one of the codes analyzed below. By Brien Posey Backup Exec has been around in one form or another since the early 1990s and has a reputation as one of the more reliable
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesExamine the major elements of an active archiving environment, including the kinds of data that you can use in one and resources to help with platform execution. By Paul Kirvan Archiving assumes an organization must protect data but might not actively use it for an extended period. Typical archiving technologies include magnetic tape and cloud-based archives. However, suppose certain data
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhat are must-have items to satisfy an audit of your backup platform? Why is auditing important? Discover how the audit process can help your organization improve. By Paul Kirvan Auditing provides an objective examination of how your organization performs controls and if the results are consistent with the control objectives. As data backups and related activities are mission-critical, they should
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