Using SANRAD V-Switch as the VSS Hardware Provider for Windows Backups by Efrat Aharoni-Levi
Introduction Many Microsoft Window applications (like Exchange, MS-SQL, etc) are critical to the daily core functionality for many companies and organizations. Managing the data backup for these applications presents new challenges for system administrators. ... VSS can produce consistent snapshots by coordinating between different applications (business, file-system services, backup) and storage hardware. ... Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and SANRAD iSCSI V-Switch acting as VSS storage provider can help the system administrator resolve these issues by: • Eliminating the...

Consequences Of Data Loss And Why Should Offsite Backup Be Used by Lee Morrell
There is a calculated trend in all business corporations and firms: when the enterprise is getting bigger, its support of data increases its complexity, volume and value. The larger your enterprise is, the more significant your data files become. The traditional tape backup can no longer produce... The lost files are hard to recover, and it takes a lot of precious time and nerve-racking to recover even to the approximate extent the ruined system as it was before the disaster. ... Data loss can happen to anyone, no matter how good the tape protection system is.

Flash Drives -- Rugged Convenient Productivity Boosters by Samuel Mela
USB Flash Drives are arguably the handiest computer storage device ever invented. They are so small they can hang off a key chain or be embedded into an ink pen. Yet they can easily hold 2 gigabytes or more of data – roughly the equivalent of 1500 floppy disks. ... It is possible to lose data or damage your file system, if you plug or unplug your Flash Drive when the computer is engaged in certain activities. ... If the system tells you that it is ok to remove the Flash Drive, do so, and you are done.

Back Up Your Email Box Before It is Too Late by Bill Platt
When so many of us rely so much on our email to operate our businesses or our personal lives, it is important to take preventative measures to avoid the ultimate disaster of unrecoverable email. I come to this subject as a matter of multiple events on my machine where one day I would open my... When you pull up the text of an actual message, the software is finding the message in the message file according to the software assigned Email ID as listed in the indexing file. ... Within the Netscape Mail system, you will discover three file types: *.sbd, *.snm, and (blank).

The Advantages of Portable MP3 Players by Vince Capocci
With their solid-state technology, compact size, and abundant memory, portable mp3 players are the state of the art in portable music systems. Most portable mp3 players feature storage systems that have no moving parts. This gives mp3 a distinct advantage over other portable music players, such... However, microdrives have the advantage over Flash Media in both cost and storage capacity. ... If the portable mp3 player is not going to be used in moving vehicles, or carried while walking, cycling or jogging, a model with a microdrive is an option.

Data Recovery, Backup, Restoration, and Disaster Recovery – Definitions Merge by Richard Myers
Over the past several years there has been a confluence of the definitions of Data Recovery, Data Backup and Restoration, and Disaster Recovery. The merging of these definitions does not serve the industry. It only serves to confuse the consumer, the very people these various industry segments... Data Recovery Defined as the process of extracting data from inaccessible storage media or storage system such as hard drives, tapes, optical media and RAID's. ... Data Backup and Restoration This process begins with an intentional effort to store data on alternate media such as tape, optical...

Compact Flash Memory and Data Recovery by Bharat Bista
Flash memory gets its name due to its microchip arrangement in such a way, that its section of memory cells gets erased in a single action or "Flash". Both NOR and NAND Flash memory were invented by Dr. Fujio Masuoka from Toshiba in 1984.The name 'Flash' was suggested because the erasure... This effect is partially offset by some chip firmware or file system drivers by counting the writes and dynamically remapping the blocks in order to spread the write operations between the sectors, or by write verification and remapping to spare sectors in case of write failure.

Computers and Data Storage: How Much Disk Storage Do You Really Need? by Douglas Hanna
Even an “entry level” computer today usually includes an 80GB hard disk for data storage. But if this is an “entry level” computer, does this suggest that you, as an “experienced” computer user, really need more than 80GB on your hard drive? Let's consider what 80GB really translates into. ... First, let's suppose your operating system is XP Home Edition, which takes about 2.91 GB of your hard drive. ... Now, I use XP, OpenOffice.org, PhotoShop Elements and something like 60 other programs on my computer – as well as hundreds of graphic files -- and have used only 29GB of storage space.

How Can The CompactFlash Expansion Plus Improve My iPAQ? by Jon Butt
With an iPAQ Compact Flash Expansion Pack Plus, you can go and buy Type I or Type II CompactFlash cards compatible with your Pocket PC's operating system and extend the functionality of your iPAQ. The HP iPAQ CompactFlash Expansion Plus, as far as PDA handheld accessories go, is indeed a smart... This means that with the iPAQ Compact Flash Expansion Pack Plus, you can buy CF cards that can boost file storage space on your iPAQ Pocket PC. ... Bored? ... Further, with the right CF card, you can access your firm's WLAN for important email messages.

The Safety of Files-Back Up The Files Regularly by Shu Jun
No one can deny the fact that files are the most important asset on your computer. You may use a variety of files, such as system files, picture files, music files, and other files you wrote as well, therefore, it seems logical to think that files are the most essential aspect of the computer. ... By using backup, you can create a duplicate copy of all the files on your hard disk and then archive it on another storage device, such as an external hard disk or a tape. ... By using the professional program to backup your files, you need to build a macro by choosing files action, and schedule...