Apr

22

Zoogmo Free Peer to Peer Distributed Backups

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April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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. […]

Mar

5

Rev 560GB Native Autoloader Backup

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March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Small to mid sized businesses will probably take a look at a solution like this. The autoloader allows for up to 8 70GB Rev drives to be loaded up. And the slots allow you to take the drives off site if you want.  Now you can cycle through a weekly backup scheme with […]

Jan

25

ClickFree Backup Device Eases Process

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January 25, 2008 | 3 Comments

One of the really frustrating things about backup is the complexity.  Now, if you work with typical end users a lot, you will understand why most don’t back up their data.  It has to do with ease, convenience, and cost.  ClickFree is trying to solve that dilemma with a great little device that handles everything […]

Oct

16

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 […]

Aug

21

Drobo USB Storage Robot

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August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Ladies and gentlemen, we have intelligent life! If you get what the Drobo USB 2.0 Storage Robot can do for you - you will want one, yesterday. How would you like a hot-swappable Raid system that manages itself? How would you like a storage unit that you can access as you […]

Jul

17

Distributed Network Backups

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July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One of the major problems we all run into is data storage. Now, this has become much less of a problem on the client PC end. It seems that these days, most client machines have massive amounts of unused storage space sitting on their hard drives. This isn’t typically the case for […]

Jul

9

Western Digital MyBook External Hard Drive

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July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Whether you are on the go or you just need some added storage, this drive is a pretty cool little number. The MyBook drive comes with 500GB of storage. The device features a dual interface - Firewire 400 and also USB 2.0. It also sports the Western Digital backup software. To […]

Jun

27

Iomega eGo Portable External Hard Drive

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June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

External hard drives are getting extremely affordable and useful.  When a 4GB flash drive isn’t worth your time, you can try something like the Iomega eGo hard drive.  And finally, someone has come out with a drive that actually looks good.  Oh, and not only that, but they have created some DropGuard(TM) technology to help […]

Jan

30

DLT Tape Backup Technology

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January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

DLT has been around for a while. It was developed by a company called Digital Equipment Corporation in 1984, but was bought by Quantum in 1994. Quantum is the major player in the DLT market, so you’ll see me using their stats a lot. DLT uses a specialized compression algorithm, called Digital Lempel Ziv 1 […]

Nov

13

Backup or Lose Your Shirt

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November 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Here is the scenario. You manage a small office of 100 employees. And business is booming. You are writing sales contracts like they are shopping lists. It’s just going really well. And then life happens. Suddenly everyone loses their connection to the server. “Don’t Panic,” you keep telling […]

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