What you should back up depends on how you use your PC. As a rule, a regular backup of the home directories is sufficient. This protects against data loss—for example, if an important file is ...

Of the products tested, Arkeia Network Backup had the longest lists of supported operating-system clients and storage devices and methods. Of the products tested, Arkeia Network Backup had the longest ...

I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same ...

Veeam is all set to fully launch version 13 of its Veeam Data Platform (VDP) – the platform upon which Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) runs – by the end of 2025. Last week, at its annual VeeamON ...

Free tools, low power use, and zero noise—this setup actually holds up.

Restoring personal data and operating systems when disaster strikes can be filled with gray areas and worries that the backup tool does not miss any critical files. The process can be daunting for ...

Although Raspberry Pis are incredibly popular and useful if you want a small, low-powered, cheap computer, they have their downsides as network backup servers. One of the main downsides is ...

Bareos (Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced) is a cross-network, open-source backup solution that preserves, archives and recovers data from all major operating systems. The Bareos project started ...

Consolidating these tools into one place was so useful, I should've done it sooner ...