Dec

5

Software RAID Versus Hardware RAID

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December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is the typical scenario.  A small business is looking to provide itself with a bit of redundancy on its server.  Unlike a bigger business, the small business doesn’t have a ton of extra cash laying around.  And so, they are trying to figure out if they should go with either a software RAID arrangement [...]

Oct

22

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 [...]

Sep

20

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 [...]

Aug

28

Disaster Recovery Plan Templates

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August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

If you’re serious about data recovery, then you must implement a disaster recovery plan. These plans are your guides when things go south. And, believe me, you don’t want to figure out your disaster recovery plan while you’re going through it! I have compiled a few sample disaster recovery plans for you [...]