Backup Articles

1). Consequences of data loss and Why should Offsite Backup be used By : Mozza
There is a calculated trend in all business corporations and firms: when the enterprise is getting bigger, its support of data increases its complexity, volume and value. The larger your enterprise is, the more significant your data files become. The traditional tape backup can no longer produce in-depth data information about all the important features of your business.
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2). Offsite Data Backup Exposes Potential Threats of Traditional Tape Backup By : Mozza
Tape backup is notorious for its inadequacy. It is unreliable, as its properties are dependable on human errors and technologically failures. Tapes are prone to mechanical, thermal and other kind of physical intervention, which can reduce their quality. The data recovery from tapes is only 60% true, as most information is lost due to the technical disadvantages.
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3). How on Earth do Companies and Organisations lose Data? By : Mozza
Browsing the web I became engrossed with the concept of data backup and data loss. There is almost an almost unlimited amount of information covering subjects such as how to keep computer and server data secure, how to back-up data, how to restore data, how to replicate data, who will remove your backup tapes to an remote location, which companies can restore data from corrupt disks.
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4). Cisco CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam Tutorial: Comparing IRDP And HSRP By : Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933
To pass the BSCI exam, you need to know the difference between IRDP and HSRP. While they have the same basic function, the operation and configuration of each are totally different. The aim of both is to allow hosts to quickly discover a standby router when the primary router fails. IRDP is commonly used by Windows DHCP clients and several Unix variations, but you do see it in Cisco routers as well.
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5). What Is The Best Way To Backup Data? By : Christine Harrell
Although businesses realize the severe loss associated with losing their data, a surprising majority still aren’t backing up. Most people have good intentions of implementing some sort of backup service, but aren’t entirely sure where to begin.
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6). Online Backup Service - The Right Questions to Ask By : Tom Sutton
With all the disasters in recent news, more and more individuals and businesses are looking into remote backup services to protect their data. At the same time, more and more online backup providers are entering the market place. How do you choose? What should you be looking for? To answer these questions, you first have to evaluate your risk and the level of loss you are trying to prevent.
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7). Cisco CCNA Certification Exam Tutorial: OSPF Hub-And-Spoke By : Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933
CCNA certification demands that you master the basics of OSPF, and for many studying for the CCNA exam, their first exposure to OSPF is a hub-and-spoke configuration. That's a tough way to get started, because a hub-and-spoke configuration built over an NBMA technology such as Frame Relay requires quite a bit of attention to detail. Let's take a quick look at several common OSPF configuration errors and how to avoid them on your CCNA test.
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8). Offsite Backup: Benefits And Threats Unveiled By : Jonathan Tunn
Good backup habits are essential to everyone who uses a computer with important information. It takes just a few accidental clicks of the mouse - or worse, one isolated hardware failure - and valuable data can be lost. One dilemma for backup users is often where to put their backups. Storing them on your own hard drive is obviously not the best option.
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9). Data Backup - Do you have a backup and data recovery plan in place By : Mozza
Data backup is rarely a part of a home computer user’s or business IT administrator’s plans, we all say it will never happen to me or my company, but in reality we are just mentally preparing for the time we lose our data. Its like trying to stop smoking, we all know we should do it but will find every excuse not to. So be honest with yourself and ask.
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10). Data Storage Media – A Guide to Selecting Media For Storing and Backing Up Computer Data By : David Haysom
Data, or information stored on your computer, can either be held on fixed disk drives inside the computer or on removable media such as CD's that can be inserted and removed. Removable media can be used to transfer files between computers or to backup the data already existing on fixed disk drives. There are three types of removable media: Magnetic, Optical and Flash.
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11). Offsite Data Backup or Online Storage, which solution is the most suited to you By : Mozza
Most people still think that backing up to an offsite environment is the same solution as moving files to an online storage system. If you want to know what the differences are, so you are able to make an informed decision, please read on. Online file storage is a means for moving your digital photos, music, movies and projects off your computer via the internet to a remote storage facility, so you can access them from anywhere, share them with friends.
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12). Backing Up Your Data: Ignore It At Your Peril By : Andrew James
No one wants data loss, but of all the internet wired people I know, I have yet to meet one who has not, at some point, lost important data. This is inevitable, and has nothing to do with the electronic age in particular
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13). Really? You Don’t Need A Website Disaster And Recovery Program? Why? By : Manny Jao II
If you answered YES to that, you’re dead wrong my friend. Let me prove it to you by giving you real true-to-life examples. Recently, I asked this question to one lady webmaster named Dorothy and she said quite simply, “Well, why should I do that? My webhost said that they guarantee 99.9% of the time, my website will be OK. Besides, I don’t know how to do it if that’s technical stuff.
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14). Companies must be prepared for data storage and backup compliance By : Mozza
Companies must account and deal for new legislation governing how information is stored on IT systems. The EU is shortly to adopt many of the recommendations on corporate governance set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US, UK firms are to be expected to deal with and manage explicit guidelines on how to store email and other documents on their IT systems.
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15). When Can I Expect Results When I Optimize My Computer? By : Mike Hummell
In the world of instant gratification, one of the first questions that get asked after learning about optimization is when people can expect to see a change in their computer. And this makes sense because if you’re having troubles with the speed of your computer, you probably also want it fixed right away. Here’s the truth: it happens immediately. Not tomorrow or in a few weeks, but immediately.
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16). A guide of Outlook Express backup By : Dragos
Most small companies and home users don’t need to buy an expensive solution for data backup. They can simply copy important files to a CD or DVD, and if an information loss occurs, they can get it back easily. If it is simply to copy documents, photos and other files, not the same is for emails, attachments, address book, stationery and other related information from your Outlook Express email client.
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17). Data Backup in Web Hosting Industry By : Bedrich Omacka
Data is very important in any business whether it is online or offline. Data stored in your server cannot be lost as it puts a full stop to your business. If you lose data then you have to spend a lot money, time and effort to replace them. In some critical applications it is not even easy to replace the data. Hence a wise decision is to find some ways to retain your data.
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18). Backing up Critical Data: Tape Backup Drives and Tape Libraries By : Christine Harrell
Although tape storage is one of the older ways to backup computer data, it remains one of the most popular and reliable ways to store data. Tape backup drives have come a long way since IBM developed the technology in the 1950’s.
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19). Flash Drive Security - Life In The Palm Of My Hand By : Mike Hummell
It’s amazing what can fit onto a memory card or a flash drive. You can literally have years worth of photos or files right in the palm of your hand. When those photos and files are your business, it can mean the success or the failure of your life’s dream. While it might seem like a good idea to put everything in one place, are you really keeping it safe? The trick with these tiny storage devices is that they can hold so much information and the convenience of that is alluring.
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20). How Safe Is Safe? By : Iggy Quazi
There has been an increasing amount of emphasis in recent times on the subject of keeping the information on your computer safe. The terms Back-Up, Archive, Data Storage and Security being mentioned frequently, but what is all about? In simple terms, people are increasingly holding more and more information on their computers, be it photos, personal data and finance, business data, accounts, contacts, addresses and much more.
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21). Backup Schedule: Learn How Often To Backup By : Anonymous Coward
If you backup, you are one step away from a disaster. If you backup often, make it several steps. Learn how often to backup and how to make your own backup schedule. Surely, one can backup to whatever backup medium he wants, but if one does not stick to a backup schedule, most of the efforts, aimed at storing or securing the important information will be spent in vain.
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22). Who Wants My Old Computer? By : Mike Hummell
When I got my new desktop, I realized that I didn’t really need my older one anymore. I asked my friends and family, but no one wanted to take it from me. So I decided to try to make a little money from it by selling it. However, I almost made a huge mistake, but my friend was quick to point out the fact that I needed to do more than just place an ad to sell the computer.
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23). Top Tips To Secure Your Online PC By : Agnivo Roy
Top Tips To Secure Your Online PC
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24). Personal Info That I Put On My Flash Drive . . . By : Mike Hummell
Because I don’t have the latest and lightest laptop, I need to have a way to bring my information from home to work and back again. When the portable flash drive came out, I was thrilled. Finally, something that could be portable and easy to use, so long as I could find a USB connection – and everything had a USB connection. At first, I only put a.
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25). Back Up Home Computers Once A Month By : Mike Hummell
While you might think that your home computer is less important than the one you have at home – think again. If you’re like one of millions of families, you’re probably using the Internet to pay for and monitor your bills, while also using the word processing programs for documents and school work. What are you going to do if something happens and your previous information is lost? What is your family going to do? It doesn’t seem likely most of the time, but there are plenty of ways that you could lose your information.
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