Imagine losing months or even years of critical data in the blink of an eye, an all-too-common nightmare for IT professionals and home lab enthusiasts alike. In a world where data is the lifeblood of ...

As with most things in the IT space, the answers will vary on your needs and how much free time you have. One subject that has been hotly debated over the years is whether it is better to back up ...

Storage and backup investment plans for 2024 show a significant bias towards averting risk and building resilience. At the same time, storage spending plans lean towards the cloud, but with very ...

While storage array snapshots offer quick, hardware-level data protection, they are not a standalone substitute for traditional backups due to limitations in protection, management and retention ...

IBM’s Spectrum brand, in use for numerous IBM products since 2015, is set to disappear and be replaced by the more descriptive IBM Storage. The move comes as part of a wider strategy for storage ...

Tired of monthly storage fees? This smart drive automates backups and syncs your files just like the cloud, but you only pay ...

You always have the default backup tool from Microsoft known as Windows Server Backup (WSB). This comes as a built-in tool, but it is not automatically configured, therefore, you will have to do it ...

I just finished restoring/recovering from a ransomware infection, and I'm 1) duly chastened about port forwarding, and 2) scared shitless. I am currently polishing and saying very nice things to my ...

There isn’t a wizard behind a curtain that will help speed your backups, but there is a formula for successfully cutting backup and recovery time. By following 10 simple tips, backup managers can heal ...

Several scenarios and reasons exist for regularly backing up an Exchange Server database, from data corruption to accidentally deleting files to system crashes to cybersecurity attacks. Microsoft's ...

If you've been using a home server for a while, you might already be running virtual machines or self-hosted services that ...