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Backup, Restore, and Verify you SQL Server Backup Backup, restore, and verify: the three main features of any good backup strategy, made easier with Datvat SQL Server Backup. Datvat SQL Backup enables you to schedule backup jobs, taking faster, smaller, and more secure SQL Server database backups. It can also test backup files when they ....
Continue readingWhat makes hard drives prone to failure?
Hard drives are incredible feats of engineering. When they were first invented fifty years ago, they were the size of a refrigerator. Now they can be the size of your thumb, and hold more data than that fridge-sized drive did. Twenty years ago you only had a few term papers on your hard drive, but ....
Continue readingFilling the Gap in the Disaster Recovery Market for SMBs
As it stands today, the market for disaster recovery technology is split in two major areas: Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Disaster Recovery and Enterprise-grade Disaster Recovery. On the lower end you have solutions ranging from tape backup, cloud storage and other forms of backup, which — in a disaster scenario — an IT administrator is stuck patching ....
Continue readingSun: Tape storage evolving, not dead
Magnetic tape data storage may have been around for more than half a century, but systems administrators will be stuck with it for some time, according to one of Sun Microsystems’ top storage executives. “Tape’s going to be around for a long time,” Randy Kearns, vice president of Sun’s new Data Management Group, said in ....
Continue readingSymantec issues patch for flaw in backup software
Security specialist Symantec issued a critical update on Tuesday for its Veritas NetBackup 6.0 PureDisk Remote Office Edition, whose vulnerabilities could allow attackers to gain remote control over a user’s system. Symantec issued the security update to address buffer overflow vulnerabilities found in the HTML-embedded scripting language PHP, which is used in its PureDisk software, according to Symantec’s ....
Continue readingWhy You Should Avoid Mozy Backups
Published on September 18, 2007 in clearspace and mozy. 16 Comments Note: Update from 9/20/07 with resolution to this issue can now be found at the end of this post. ————————– Ugh. I rarely use my blog to rant, but here it goes. <rant> I started using Mozy to backup my MacBook a couple of ....
Continue readingDisaster recovery is about anticipating the worst
Disaster recovery is about anticipating the worst: how, and how quickly, can your company get back to work should a natural or man-made disaster strike. It starts with an honest risk assessment that focuses on the likelihood of a disaster, the industry DR regulations your company faces and the length of downtime you can tolerate. ....
Continue readingSMB Backup Precautions
Despite countless warnings and alarming statistics from many sources, the majority of SMBs (small and medium-sized businesses) are still reluctant to take the proper precautions to assure business continuity after a disaster. Our own records based on 11 years of research exclusive to NYC companies with fewer than 100 employees indicate that 90 percent of ....
Continue readingServer Backup
An automated data protection, for your server backup. Datvat gives your business a complete solution for remote and mult-site backups and disaster recovery planning. Datvat is a next-generation server backup service that is easy to deploy and manage and requires no investment in expensive hardware or software. Our server backup solution features: • Fully-automated and encrypted offsite server ....
Continue readingBreaking Traditions in Small-Business Backup
Following old-school backup routines for data backup could put your business at risk. To avoid disaster, you need to think about what data you need to recover—and how quickly. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty details of backup, most small-business owners (along with most individual users) have a less-than-solid grasp on the reality of ....
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