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OK there was this car, a blue mid-80s Volvo, covered boot to bonnet with plastic fish SINGING OPERA and dancing. They were individually animated, and vigorously conducted by a lobster formerly named Larry.
Read MoreWOW! It is H-O-T today in Memphis, TN. We’ve already been issued an Excessive Heat Advisory, but luckily our AC is trucking along just fine… Weather reports are saying that we’ve hit a record high temperature of 102 degrees, tying the old record of 102 set in 1901 and 1947. And the day is not […]
Read MoreIf you haven’t yet visited MarketingExperiments.com, we’d like to introduce you to this fantastic group of researchers whose self-proclaimed goal is: to discover what really works in optimization. The team focuses, “…all of our experimentation ...
Read MoreThis five part series by Rob Cosgrove helps Managed Service Providers and Online Backup consultants design correct backup protocol for their customers. This last article discusses Recovery Objectives. Other articles in the series talk about backup schedules and shows how to estimate backup times, setting backup strategies, optimizing backup time by identifying data that needs to be backed up online, selecting backup types, and explains how to define backup sets.
Read MoreI don’t know what to say about this, except that Elizabeth had way too much time on her hands and a key to the office supply closet.
Read MoreThis five part series by Rob Cosgrove helps Managed Service Providers and Online Backup consultants design correct backup protocol for their customers. This fourth article discusses backup schedules and shows how to estimate backup times. Other articles in the series cover setting backup strategies, optimizing backup time by identifying data that needs to be backed up online, selecting backup types, and explains how to define backup sets.
Read MoreThis five part series by Rob Cosgrove helps Managed Service Providers and Online Backup consultants design correct backup protocol for their customers. This third article suggests specific files and folders to include and exclude, and explains how to define backup sets. Other articles in the series cover setting backup strategies, optimizing backup time by identifying data that needs to be backed up online, selecting backup types, and defining schedules.
Read MoreIn the old days when people backed up to tape drives a certain strategy had to be used. The most popular was Grandfather/Father/Son tape rotation. This method required 19 to 23 tapes and ensured that there were always backups of the seven most current days, the four most current weeks, the eleven most current months, and the most current year.
Read MoreAnyone can buy software and start an online backup service. That’s the easy part (as long as you pick the right software – hint: mine.) However, in order to be really successful you have to set yourself apart from those who only have software. This includes all those cheap $5/month services.
Read MoreData can be categorized into three tiers: critical (integral to ongoing operations), important (valuable but not mission critical) and archival (required but not typically retrieved).
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