There are many facets to DR planning for your IT infrastructure. While planning tends to focus on the bigger ticket items like site, equipment, and data replication or restoration, some tasks can be done at little to no cost. Smaller items around information capture and lists explored in this blog are often forgotten. This process [...]
As each day passes, more and more organizational data is making its way to Office 365 as a repository. Whether you’re just beginning your journey to O365 or are already there, you inevitably have asked: “Do I need to backup my data in Office 365?” Our experience is that most organizations have chosen NOT to [...]
Backups should be encrypted whenever they contain any data that is important to an organization and there is any chance that the data could be accessed by non-authorized entities. This usually means that all backups on tape should always be encrypted! Considerations for why to encrypt Backups should be encrypted whenever data will be or [...]
Data loss or a disruption in service can cause quite a few headaches for your business. So having a good backup strategy is critical. However, there are factors that need to be considered when deciding where to backup your data and where to replicate the backups. In most cases. you will keep some copies of [...]
Do you need offsite storage of your files in case of a site failure? Is fast file recovery in case of disaster important? Disaster Recovery (DR) is something that is very important to all organizations. However, it doesn’t need to be overly complex or overly expensive. Microsoft has two offerings that help many organizations meet [...]
Shadow Copy is included as part of Microsoft Windows and provides the ability to take manual or automatic backup copies or snapshots even when files are in use. Configuring Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on user-accessible disk volumes can remove the need for IT interaction and allow users to self-recover previous versions of documents that [...]
We all know backing up our data is important. This is becoming even more critical in light of all of the security breaches that have recently been taking place. But, what’s the best strategy for storing all of that data? Several factors need to be considered when deciding where to backup your data and where [...]
One of the many decisions that IT engineers must consider when creating a new virtual machine is how the storage on that machine should be allocated: thick or thin. Put another way, do you want the virtual machine to consume the amount of storage that it can potentially fill or would you like the new [...]
If you are not auditing your backups on a regular basis you may not realize how much your backup data has grown or where vulnerabilities may be. Most backup operators monitor that their jobs run smoothly and successfully, but often do not have time to do an in-depth review of their entire backup environment. An [...]
Running a backup with no errors is good, but if you are missing an added drive or database when it’s critically needed you may not recover from a disaster. When was the last time you reviewed your selection lists? This should be done annually, if not more frequently, and after major upgrades have happened. Things [...]
