Suppose for a moment that a virus has infected your entire computer network. It has quickly spread through every employee’s workstation, into every document and database file. All your work, all your ...

Data plays a vital role in any successful business. Protect­ing this data is mission-critical, and it falls to database administrators (DBAs) to organize, maintain, and secure it. The most effective ...

If you've ever accidentally deleted a file, experienced a power outage, had a server crash, or any other "data disaster," then you know how important having a reliable backup and disaster recovery ...

Protecting data helps your business to run smoothly, but these expert tips can accelerate that process and increase your chances of long-term success. In the digital age, data is a valuable asset for ...

First mooted by US photographer Peter Krogh in a book about digital asset management for photographers, the 3-2-1 backup rule has been seminal in guiding organisations in their backup strategy. This ...

The hard drive that I have been using since 2017 died on me around two years ago. It was past the 5-year mark, and had started showing signs that it was about to die, such as slow access speeds and ...

With the increased need to do more with less, it’s not uncommon for federal government IT teams to experience pitfalls that can jeopardize their data integrity and availability. Whether it’s ...

Backups are one of those jobs that look solved right up until they fail at the worst possible moment. For a long time, my Proxmox backup strategy was technically functional, but it demanded too much ...

The choice between cloud and local backups boils down to accessibility and control. Cloud backups store your data on remote servers offered by Google, Samsung, or other service providers. This offers ...

So I've always tried to follow the 3-2-1 rule for personal backups (3 copies of the data, 2 backups, 1 backup off-site). My NAS crashed a couple of years ago, right around the same time as a house ...

Microsoft infrastructure uptime does not replace an organization's responsibility to back up its own Microsoft 365 data. Retention policies are designed for compliance and e-discovery, not operational ...