While it’s important to set up an off-site backup whenever you get a new NAS in the first place, it’s even more important to ...

I’m a strong proponent of protecting precious memories and essential data by creating multiple redundant backups. Having just one backup (or backups) in the same room as your Mac means that everything ...

For many victims of Hurricane Katrina, there may be one more disaster waiting at home -- the loss of personal computers and their data. Computers are as vulnerable to flooding, destruction and looting ...

While we recommend having a solid backup plan — and even have a step-by-step guide for it — it’s easy to get lost in the jargon and the many tools that seem to do the same thing. It’s common to assume ...

My current backup strategy for my iMac with a 500 GB HD (about half full) is a 1TB external USB time machine drive. I purchased a second 1 TB external USB drive to store off-site in case of fire, ...

We all know that we should back up our priceless data, but we always seem to forget just how valuable that data is until the next crash or stolen laptop. Another sticking point is that although ...

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 ...

In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, protecting your valuable data has never been more critical. In this installment of the Reducing Risk series, we’ll explore the importance of reducing risk ...

What is the best practice when it comes to backup up a server that is a domain controller and a file server for a small office with 20 workstations. Should I even run a file server on a domain ...

You are only as good as your last backup, so it is said, so making regular backups is a keystone of any business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. Firms need to keep copies of their data to ...

Many of us were shocked the other week that a company as prominent as Danger, Inc. could make such a rookie mistake by losing the data of T-Mobile’s Sidekick customers. As a system administrator, if ...