Guides

Creating consistent backups with VSS

If you create and administer backups, you will have heard the term VSS. You may even know that VSS runs in the background while a

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SMB 3.0 Part 2 – Remote VSS backups

Our previous article looked at what SMB 3.0 is  in Windows Server 2012, and how it works. This article looks at the requirements for VSS with SMB

Product Releases

BackupAssist v 7.4.2 now available

We’ve just launched the latest version of BackupAssist – version 7.4.2. With 19 improvements including enhanced restore features and reporting, we thought it was important

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Image backup destination selection

BackupAssist’s suite of backup types includes System Protection, our recommended backup type for Windows servers. This article looks at the requirements and advantages of different

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Planning for a Recovery

Data recovery is the process of taking a computer that cannot start itself and returning it to a previous operating state. This means a recovery

Product Releases

BackupAssist v7.4 now available

With merely days remaining in the year, we’ve just launched the latest version of BackupAssist – version 7.4.  With support for Windows Server 2012 R2

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CryptoLocker and the backup impact

This year saw the arrival of a particularly nasty virus called CryptoLocker. This ransomware will encrypt certain files and then demand a payment to decrypt

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Rsync made easy with Amazon S3

It’s easy to see why so many people are using remote backups. You have scalable storage, no hardware to manage and a backup destination that