Network Certification Exam Tutorial: An Introduction To Backup Types by Chris Bryant
Fault tolerance isn't fault invulnerability. No matter how hard we work to avoid single points of failure, sooner or later something catastrophic will happen to a part of our network. Don't get me wrong, I'm no pessimist - quite the opposite! But part of being a world-class network manager is... If an email server in your network right now, would you have a backup to restore as much data as possible? ... The type of backups your network will run really depends on three factors: the amount of data to be backed up the capacity of the backup media the time available for the backup If you...

Linux Network Monitoring Software by Jennifer Bailey
Are you looking for an all-in-one solution for monitoring your network? The answer to your question is using Linux networking monitoring software products to check the performance of the other computers in your organization. Software like Nagios offers simplicity and effectiveness to help you... Good Linux networking software not only helps keep the functionality of the network up, but also ensures that files can be sent and received properly through the network server and ensures storage and backup too.

Setting Up A Home Server by John Vizaniaris
Microsoft is in the works of releasing a Server operating system for home use. I think this is long overdue. But you don't have to wait, an XP Professional or Vista Business/Ultimate machine can do just fine for the task. First, the benefits of a home server: 1. ... Where "server" is the computer name of your server and "backupfolder" is a shared folder on the server that you have designated for backups. ... Just make sure when selecting the backup destination you choose a directory on the server.

Everything about Web Servers and Firewall Zones by Tom Mansell
Web and FTP Servers Every network that has an internet connection is at risk of being compromised. Whilst there are several steps that you can take to secure your LAN, the only real solution is to close your LAN to incoming traffic, and restrict outgoing traffic. ... If you require a backup server for machines within the DMZ then you should acquire a dedicated machine and keep the backup solution separate from the LAN backup solution. ... The most secure place to locate a database server is to create yet another physically separate network called the secure zone, and to place the database...

Backup Software by Eddie Tobey
Creating a backup for the data in a computer or any electronic storage device is very important. Most equipment, including personal computers, have a good chance of “crashing,” which is the failure of the hard disk on which the data is stored. When a hard disk crashes, all the data is inevitably... There are different kinds of backups: full backup (creates backup for every file and folder in the system); incremental backup (only the changes are copied); unattended backup (the backup can be programmed to take place at a certain time without the active participation of the user); archive or...

Online Data Backups for Newbies by Harald Anderson
How long have you been doing business online? Whether you are new or an old timer you need to understand the one important truth of the e-world. That being that the largest threat to business survival is data loss. Online data backup is not just for huge multinational corporations and computer... Although there are several methods to accomplish online backup and data retrieval the simplest method is for the end user to install a backup package that has been pre-configured to connect to the service provider’s offsite servers (supplied by the offsite backup service provider).

The Importance of Data Backups by Keith Erwood
All computers and their components are subject to failure. In fact sooner or later every business will be confronted with some type of computer failure. The largest threat to businesses during a failure will be some type of data loss or data corruption. ... There is also the option to use NAS (Network Area Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Networks) and even remote backups over the internet. ... Such as how often to perform the backups and what type of backup media is best suited for your business.

Moving Up From Peer to Peer by Bruce Naylor
Millions of small business owners across the country have peer to peer networks installed in their companies. Of these small networks, many are running various operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, and XP Professional. ... I have a power point demo of SBS Server 2003 available on my web site => http://www.frugalbrothers.com/presentations/SBScustomerpresentation.ppt if you would like to learn more, Moving from a Peer to Peer network to Small Business Server 2003, generally results in a Return On Investment of 900% on average.

Reviewing Your Storage Options – Which Intel Storage Solution is Right for You? by Mike Colesante
The acronyms are mirrored, and each shares two words - network and storage. However, NAS and SAN differ greatly in design and implementation, and therefore represent distinct solutions in terms of what Intel® data storage system is right for certain business applications. ... When storage devices are added to the Intel® SAN server, they can be accessed from any server on the network. ... A typical NAS solution consists of a server dedicated to file sharing over the network with a TCP/IP connection.

Choosing a Tape Drive by Linus Chang
Tape drives remain the leading technology used by organizations for backup and archiving. However, the plethora of tape drives on the market can make choosing the appropriate tape drive a confusing task. How do you select a tape drive that satisfies your needs without blowing the budget? ... Secondly, if data is being transferred over a network of computers to a backup server, the network may be incapable of supplying data at a sufficient rate. ... The maximum throughput of a network is predictable and easy to measure, based on previous network performance.