file backing
RSS file backingBackup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery on a System With Zones Installed
White Paper Backing up file systems means copying file systems to removable media, such as tape, to safeguard against loss, damage, or corruption. Restoring file systems means copying current backup files from removable media to a working directory. [26 Aug 2006]
Unilever scales an Iron Mountain
Case Study We had back-up to our file and print servers which didn't work 100 per cent of the time and some staff were using removable media. We had numerous incidents where individuals thought they were backing up their data only to find they hadn't. [21 Aug 2006]
Tech giants cheer patent system overhaul
News Specifically, it would shift to a "first to file" method of awarding patents, which is already used in most foreign countries, instead of the existing "first to invent" standard, which has been criticised as complicated to prove. [07 Aug 2006]
Redmond has 'road to Damascus' open source conversion
News The conversions will be based on Microsoft's Open Office XML, the XML-based file formats that will be the default setting in Office 2007, due next year. Although Microsoft Office document formats are the most widely used, OpenDocument has emerged... [06 Jul 2006]
EC dithers over OpenDocument approval
News According to sources familiar with the issue, Microsoft's drive to get its own file formats standardised may deter the EC from backing OpenDocument. The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the... [08 May 2006]
France to legalise P2P file-sharing?
News But this amendment would give firmer legal backing in a nation that relies more heavily on codified law than court precedents, he said. France could become the first country to pass a law broadly permitting free downloads of copyright content from... [23 Dec 2005]
Improve Your Tape Backup Results With Oracle Secure Backup
White Paper Oracle Secure Backup 10.1 provides centralized tape backup management for the Oracle Database and file systems in mixed, diverse environments reducing the cost and complexity of tape backup and restoration. [02 Nov 2005]
Backing Up Databases Using ADSMPIPE and the TSM API: Examples Using Linux
White Paper This process eliminates dumping data to a file (and consuming disk space) so that the TSM backup and archive client can back up the data. This paper describes how you can use the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager application programming interface with the... [27 Sep 2005]
EMC Dantz Retrospect Helps Medical Group Recover From Database Corruption
White Paper Retrospect makes it easy to review the files and folders that have been protected by listing them all in the Catalog File. The medical group had been backing up their data regularly, but their backup software was hard to use and difficult to monitor. [23 Sep 2005]
Veritas Netbackup 6.0 Technical Overview
White Paper It is possible to fully automate file backup and archive schedules across entire networks. Client users are more productive because they no longer spend time backing up their own files. VERITAS NetBackup software brings the same level of storage... [04 Aug 2005]
Backing Up and Restoring Multi-Terabyte Data Sets: SGI, LEGATO, and Others Break the 10TB-Per-Hour Barrier
White Paper Until now, published benchmarks of backup and restore speeds have focused almost exclusively on tests concerning a relational database, ignoring the large and growing pool of file data. Backup and restore performance have become increasingly... [15 Jun 2005]
Next-Generation Backup-to-Disk: Building the Foundation for Effective Operational Recovery Management
White Paper Finally, it reviews the key criteria an enterprise B2D product should support - concurrent read/write, Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), direct file access, and single-step recovery. It identifies five immediate benefits of B2D, from faster... [10 Jun 2005]
Netscape pioneers launch free content network
News Part TiVo, part BitTorrent file swapping, the network puts publishers' content into a peer-to-peer distribution network that could help lower bandwidth costs substantially. Homer, who is Kontiki's chairman and also chairman of the Open Media... [26 Apr 2005]
Napster founder turns middleman
News As previously reported, his new company, dubbed Snocap, is a far cry from the anarchic service that opened the file-trading flood gates in 1999. This time around he has created tools that he and his co-founders hope will allow other file-swapping... [03 Dec 2004]
Virgin goes digital with online song shop
News They saw the rise of Napster and other file-swapping services as a threat to their core CD business - but then saw the moves of record labels to create their own digital song distribution services in 2001 as another threat. [27 Sep 2004]
