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Backup VS Archive: You may need both!
As I quickly said in a previous article, backups and archives are different and you may need both. Let me explain. Purpose of Backup: Be able to do a recovery The main purpose of a backup is to be able to make a recovery if things go wrong with your main storage. Disks can become…
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3-2-1 backup! Rule explained in a nutshell.
Have you ever heard of 3-2-1 backup rule? Let me explain it in a nutshell. This rule is recommended by US-CERT, it is quite easy to understand and quite easy to follow. However don’t get me wrong, you need really more than this rule to get your backup done the right way. 3 copies One…
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RAID is not a substitute for backup
Most of you have heard sooner or later about RAID. The acronym means “redundant array of inexpensive disks”, or “redundant array of independent disks”. Wikipedia has a rather good quality article on RAID. The idea behind it is that physical hard drives fail, and when a single drive fails, RAID typically provides a solution to…
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Welcome to Enlarge The Place!
Welcome to Enlarge The Place! Here, we talk about cloud data storage and backups. Are you confused about all the options provided on the market? AWS S3, S3 compatible competitors, pCloud, rsync? We’re here to provide you relevant articles. Especially we intend to answer the following questions in the following articles: And so many others.…