Backup Category - Page 3

Tape Backup vs Disk Backup for VMs

June 1, 2023
In recent years, there has been a significant shift toward disk-based backup in terms of media used as targets by data protection solutions....

Magnetic Tape Backup: Choose the Best Backup Practice

June 1, 2023
Disk-based and cloud-based backups are more commonly used than backup to tape due to the benefits that they provide, such as continuous data...

How to Speed Up VM Backups and Improve Performance

June 1, 2023
In 2022, it is estimated that more than half of businesses worldwide use virtualization technologies and rely on backups to protect their vi...

Image-Based vs. File-Based Backup Comparison

June 1, 2023
In today’s data protection landscape, there are numerous backup types that you can use to safeguard your data. When it comes to backing up s...

Differential Backup vs. Incremental Backup

June 1, 2023
Modern backup solutions deliver different technologies to help save on storage space requirements, cut backup windows, improve performance,...

An Overview of Microsoft Office 365 Backup Best Practices

June 1, 2023
Office 365 is a reliable cloud solution that operates using the infrastructure of Microsoft datacenters. Microsoft’s top priority is operati...

Setting Up Microsoft Office 365 Backup Policies: A How-To Guide

June 1, 2023
Despite the level of reliability provided by Microsoft, data loss in Office 365 may happen due to human error, viruses on the user’s side or...

Building an Effective Backup Strategy for an Organization

June 1, 2023
Companies can face different disruptions, from hardware and software failures to human errors and cyberattacks. In 2021 alone, the percentag...

Hyper-V Backup Strategy: 15 VM Backup Best Practices

June 1, 2023
In a virtual environment, you can’t rely on the same backup principles that you use in a physical environment. You need to take the advantag...

Using Amazon S3 and AWS EC2 as Cloud Backup Storage

June 1, 2023
Amazon provides compute and storage services in the cloud. Different AWS services can be used to store backups in the cloud and ensure that...

Best Practices of Using SAN Storage for VM Backup

June 1, 2023
Storage Area Network (or SAN) has long been staple storage in the enterprise datacenter. Especially since virtualization has also become a m...

What Is VMware Changed Block Tracking (CBT) and How Does It Work?

June 1, 2023
VMware provides APIs to simplify data protection in enterprise virtual environments with features that enable agentless backups and improve...

What Is Synthetic Full Backup: Facts Every Sysadmin Should Know

June 1, 2023
There are multiple backup approaches, including full, incremental, and differential. Creating full backups frequently may be inconvenient an...

Data Protection Fundamentals: How to Backup an Amazon S3 Bucket

June 1, 2023
Amazon S3 is reliable cloud storage provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Files are stored as objects in Amazon S3 buckets. This storage is...

The Case for Endpoint Backup in the Age of Cloud Storage

June 1, 2023
How we work is more digital and globalized than ever. Working remotely or having employees and collaborators all over the world has become r...

OneDrive Backup vs OneDrive Sync: Myths and Facts

June 1, 2023
There are many cloud providers offering services nowadays, and it may be difficult for customers to select the right services to meet their...

Crash-Consistent vs. Application-Consistent Backup Comparison

June 1, 2023
The reliability of backups, and data protection strategies in general, depends on whether the backup data is valid and usable immediately wh...

What is VM Backup and Replication in VMware?

June 1, 2023
VM backup and replication are essential parts of a data protection plan. At the first look, they seem similar and interchangeable, and this...

Active Directory Backup Best Practices

June 1, 2023
Active Directory is a widely-known service for centralized management and user authentication in Windows-based environments. Administrators...

How Tape Backup Software Works and Why You Need It

June 1, 2023
Tape may seem like an outdated media of data storage at this day and age, but for many reasons, it is an excellent means of backing up your...