You probably have a backup strategy for the local files on your computer, but for a business operating a website, protecting the data on your website is just as -- if not more -- important. In cases ...

Suppose for a moment that a virus has infected your entire computer network. It has quickly spread through every employee’s workstation, into every document and database file. All your work, all your ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

But what if the NAS goes offline? Heck, even if the storage drives and the underlying OS can be restored using some tech wizardry, there are plenty of untoward scenarios where the ...

Idle hands are the devil's playground. Keep important tasks on your agenda for when unanticipated downtime arises. Developers should have some ways to remain productive when downtime starts. However, ...

I'm looking at replacing the backup software and hardware that's being used where I just started working a couple weeks ago. Why? It's software that I've never heard of (I don't trust it) and secondly ...

Though power protection solutions vary in numerous ways, all but the largest data centers use one of two basic approaches when deploying uninterruptible power systems (UPSs): Either they distribute ...

I just launched a new MS 2016 server. It hosts several .NET SaaS apps and dozens of PHP-based Wordpress sites. The hosting company charges $75/month to back up the files (120 GB). OK. But when I asked ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Storage Backup Strategies. Every IT manager knows the critical importance of regularly backing up computer systems and data… and of being able to restore any or ...