Your database is the life of your dynamic website. If you lose the database, you are basically hosed. Sure, losing the actual content files can work the same way, depending on the type of site you have. MySQLDumper gives you an easy way to keep a backup of that all-important mysql database.

Macrium Reflect Free Imaging Software

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June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here’s another free disk imaging software alternative.  Macrium Reflect is a slick Windows application to create backup images for your XP or Vista machine.  Now, this runs in Windows so the user interface is nice and easy to use.  And it also includes scheduled backups to local, network, or optical drives.

One of the biggest pains with software is product keys. I hate entering those stupid things. But the worst thing is when you lose your product keys. This makes your software CDs coasters. So,why not back up your product keys as well?  It will save you a lot of heartache down […]

This is something that has been in my mind for a while. The internet is a great place to do distributed, node processing. Heck, it’s how the internet works! I have thought for a while now that backups could be leverage that nodal framework. But, there are inherent issues in that. […]

Cobian Free Backup Tool

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February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m always in the hunt for free backup software. Luis Cobian has developed a nice backup program, aptly called Cobian Backup, that you may be interested in. 2BrightSparks also has a great backup program, but I’ll leave that for the next post.

Iomega Never Down Ships with eSata Drives

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December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Nestled into the behemoth drive package details is a nice, new feature.  Today, Iomega announced that it will start shipping what it calls “Never Down.”

Free Mac Backup

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October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I have numerous friends who are Mac addicts (sorry, couldn’t resist the pic!). Yep, they’ve gulped down the Apple juice. But one consistent feature of most computer users is that they do not backup their data. There’s no shame in it - just pain. Think about the pain of losing all […]

Clone Genius Vies for Ghost Replacement

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October 16, 2007 | 3 Comments

I recently came across an interesting site called Clone Genius.  The software features a Live CD.  A Live CD is just a CD that will boot your computer.  But to get the Live CD, you have to burn an .iso file.  An .iso file is simply an image file.  But many folks have no idea […]

Linbox Rescue Server

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October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Linbox Rescue Server is a really neat linux application that could save your tail.  This package is similar to another product that I posted about on my PaulTech called SpiceWorks.  SpiceWorks is a Windows based product while Linbox only runs on linux.  Linbox can monitor your various assets on the network, perform full system […]

Amanda Backup Utility

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September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

According to the site, Amanda is:
the world’s most popular Open Source Backup and Archiving software. Amanda allows System Administrators to set up a single backup server to back up multiple hosts to a tape- or disk-based storage system. Amanda uses native dump and/or GNU tar facilities and can back up a large number of workstations […]