About Writer Linus Chang is a backup expert and the lead developer of BackupAssist -- tape backup software that is simple and affordable, and perfect for small and medium businesses. Protect your Windows servers, including SQL Server and Exchange Server, to tape, REV drive, hard drive, NAS and more, at a fraction of the cost of other backup software. The product website is at
Novell Continues Linux Market Leadership In China WALTHAM, Mass., USA -- Novell holds a 25.1 percent share of the Linux market in China, surpassing other local and international Linux distributors. Novell's success in China reflects a strong commitment to Chinese open source development and to Novell's growing customer base in this rapidly expan... Similar Editorial : by James Shenton. | Source : Leadership Tips
Choosing A Tape Drive 1. Capacity.Select a tape drive that has sufficient capacity to store your backups. Tape drives are able to compress data so that more data may fit on the tape, which is why manufacturers specify both a native capacity and a compressed capacity, usually with a compression ratio at 2:1. However, highly-compressed files such as those in video and sound formats are hardly compressible at all. For...... Similar Editorial : by James Walsh. | Source : Installing Hard Drive
Quick System Restore With ASR Backups Typically, the restore process involves reinstalling the operating system and configuring all physical storage to their original settings before restoring data and settings. Rebuilding the system in this way is a time-consuming and often problematic task, causing many headaches for administrators and technical staff.ASR significantly automates the process of rebuilding the system, thus allowing...... Similar Editorial : by Neha Gupta. | Source : Free Adware Spyware Scan
Setting Up A Tape Backup Strategy For Your Business Step 1: Purchase your tape backup hardware Firstly, purchase the tape backup hardware. If you need to perform file server backup (or Exchange Server backup or SQL Server backup) for small business, then one of the following tape drives should suffice:* Travan cartridge drive (up to 10 Gb)* DDS tape backup drive (up to 20 Gb)* DDS tape backup drive with hardware data compression (up to 40 Gb)Then...... Similar Editorial : by Paul Abbey. | Source : System Backup Software
An Introduction To Tape Backup This brings us to the concept of disaster recovery. What is disaster recovery? If you're thinking that disaster recovery is about frantically trying to get back data that's already been lost, then you're already behind the 8-ball! Disaster recovery is about safeguarding your organization's data so that it can be safely restored in event of a crippling disaster. And having an industry-standard file...... Similar Editorial : by Paul Abbey. | Source : Windows Antivirus
Alternatives To Tape Backup However, if you have any problems with tape backup, you'll probably be interested to know that there are several alternatives to tape.Backup to NAS devicesNAS (Network Attached Storage) devices are attached directly to your network and can act as a backup store. Obviously, it's very convenient to backup files to NAS, as there are no disks or tapes to insert and remove. There are many NAS devices...... Similar Editorial : by James Walsh. | Source : Windows Antivirus
