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• Being GDPR compliant is not just a concern for the EU

  The General Data Protection Regulation is set to affect many, and not just those in the EU. If your organization collects data online, you may soon have to make some tough choices. Continue Reading

• ghost imaging

  Ghost imaging, often called cloning, is a software-driven data backup process that copies the contents of a computer hard disk in a single compressed file or set of files, referred to as an image. Continue Reading

• Oracle RMAN (Oracle Recovery Manager)

  Oracle RMAN (Oracle Recovery Manager) is a utility built into Oracle databases to automate backup and recovery; it includes features not available in third-party backup tools. Continue Reading

• encryption key management

  Encryption key management is the administration of tasks involved with protecting, storing, backing up and organizing encryption keys. Continue Reading

• Veeam Backup & Replication

  Veeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs). Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • data protection
  • Incremental Backup
  • Differential Backup
  • What is Cloud Backup and How Does it Work?

  • Cloud-to-Cloud Backup (C2C Backup)
  • Carbonite
  • flat backup
  • data retention policy

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• Veritas Backup Exec (Symantec Backup Exec)

  Veritas Backup Exec is a data protection software product that supports virtual, physical and cloud platforms.Continue Reading

• data deduplication hardware

  Data deduplication hardware is a storage product that eliminates redundant copies of data and retains one instance to be stored. Although these products are sold as appliances or disk libraries, they include software that performs the deduplication.Continue Reading

• cold backup (offline backup)

  Cold backups are ideal for disaster recovery because they protect important data. But the process requires downtime, so it should be conducted during quiet periods.Continue Reading

• hot backup (dynamic backup)

  Hot data backups are the standard for most database backups, as users can stay online while they are performed. But the technology has risks, such as a performance impact.Continue Reading

• backup storage device

  A data storage device for backup makes copies of data actively in use. Should the storage medium fail, the original data is recovered from copies on the backup hardware.Continue Reading

• data backup software

  Backup software makes a duplicate copy of data to protect it and enable recovery if the data is lost or corrupted due to equipment failure or some other catastrophic event.Continue Reading

• storage snapshot

  A storage snapshot is a set of reference markers for data at a particular point in time. A snapshot acts like a detailed table of contents, providing the user with accessible copies of data that they can roll back to.Continue Reading

• tape backup

  Tape can help fix an unstructured data backup issue and is a good archiving medium. Explore tape's strengths and weaknesses, plus important tips for protecting tape backups.Continue Reading

• serverless backup

  Serverless data backup removes backup procedures from production servers so that the time usually spent on backup functions can be used for other server tasks.Continue Reading

• deduplication software

  Dedupe software eliminates unnecessary copies of data by redirecting new iterations of the data back to the original.Continue Reading