When you’ve built a powerful Proxmox rig outfitted with your favorite virtual machines and containers, the last thing you’d want is a botched experiment to render everything unusable. While there are ...

But what if the NAS goes offline? Heck, even if the storage drives and the underlying OS can be restored using some tech ...

Imagine losing months or even years of critical data in the blink of an eye, an all-too-common nightmare for IT professionals and home lab enthusiasts alike. In a world where data is the lifeblood of ...

As with most things in the IT space, the answers will vary on your needs and how much free time you have. One subject that has been hotly debated over the years is whether it is better to back up ...

There isn’t a wizard behind a curtain that will help speed your backups, but there is a formula for successfully cutting backup and recovery time. By following 10 simple tips, backup managers can heal ...

You always have the default backup tool from Microsoft known as Windows Server Backup (WSB). This comes as a built-in tool, but it is not automatically configured, therefore, you will have to do it ...

Several scenarios and reasons exist for regularly backing up an Exchange Server database, from data corruption to accidentally deleting files to system crashes to cybersecurity attacks. Microsoft's ...

For the Galera cluster to perform well, we need to watch several factors, including CPU, memory, and disk I/O. It’s unwise to make backups during a busy day since physical backups can overload nodes, ...

As the number of malware and ransomware attacks rise, it is as important to make sure that your organization and personal data is not only being protected, but also being prepared in the event data is ...

It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes the monthly Tech Tip ...