{"id":3162,"date":"2014-05-28T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2019-11-07T08:13:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:13:06","slug":"3-things-they-havent-told-you-about-server-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/3-things-they-havent-told-you-about-server-backup","title":{"rendered":"3 things they haven\u2019t told you about server backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3188\" alt=\"Blog image design template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/3-things-you-should-know.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/3-things-you-should-know.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/3-things-you-should-know-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Sever backup is a complex beast.&nbsp; There are many different factors to take into consideration and a huge headache worth of choices to make when it comes to ensuring your business servers are properly protected.&nbsp; This is all well and good if you\u2019re an IT guru with a career\u2019s worth of knowledge behind you, but if you\u2019re a newcomer then even basic research can be frustrating when trying to find the jargon-free information you need.<\/p>\n<p>All too often what you\u2019ll find is either incomprehensible (to the uninformed reader) technical language or oversimplified marketing spin. &nbsp;Well, don\u2019t worry!&nbsp; We\u2019ve got your back.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This article looks at a few things the average citizen may not have heard when it comes to backing up a server.&nbsp; If you\u2019re a tech-savvy Alan Turing type there\u2019s probably not going to be a lot here to blow your mind, but stick it out anyway \u2013 you might be surprised. If nothing else, we promise an entertaining read and a chance to pick up some pointers for explaining your job to the in-laws!<\/p>\n<p>So, server backup fun-fact number one\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>There are way more destinations for server backup than you\u2019d think<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3165\" alt=\"hard-drive-249412_640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/hard-drive-249412_640.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/hard-drive-249412_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/hard-drive-249412_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With all the buzz around Cloud lately, it\u2019s becoming all too easy to forget that there are plenty of alternative <a title=\"BackupAssist supports most of them...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/tour_Overview_Hardware.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backup destinations<\/a>.&nbsp; Despite what the internet in general would have you believe, one of these other backup destinations may actually be better suited to your needs.&nbsp; It\u2019s all going to depend on your budget, what systems and hardware you\u2019re running and how much data your business needs to safeguard.<\/p>\n<p>First off there\u2019s Cloud, which we know you\u2019ve heard of if you\u2019ve ever typed the word \u201cbackup\u201d into Google.&nbsp; We won\u2019t go into it, but here\u2019s some <a title=\"Cloud backup food for thought\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/interest\/does-online-backup-have-its-head-in-the-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cloud backup information<\/a> if you\u2019d like a read.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard of Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and tape too, so as a short summary: Tape is often more durable, portable and resistant to corruption; while disk offers faster restore times, greater accessibility and often has lower startup costs.&nbsp; Here\u2019s some further reading on the <a title=\"Tape vs Disk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/downloads\/whitepapers\/marketing\/tapevsdisk\/BackupAssist_Tape_vs_Disk_Showdown_WP(BA).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pros and cons of HDD and tape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for the server backup destinations that don\u2019t get all the catchy headlines \u2013 let\u2019s start with RDX (don\u2019t panic, we\u2019ll still go easy on the jargon!). RDX is a disk-based removable storage format that was originally intended as replacements for tape.&nbsp; Still pretty simple, right?<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Network Attached Storage (NAS), which is essentially a collection of HDDs serving as data storage across a network.&nbsp; It\u2019s essentially a server that serves no other purpose than file-based storage.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget the range of other network backup options including <a title=\"iSCSI\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISCSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iSCSI<\/a>, <a title=\"FTP Server\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ftp_server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FTP Server<\/a>, remote server backups via <a title=\"WAN\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wide_area_network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WAN<\/a>, <a title=\"LAN\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Local_area_network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local directory<\/a> backups\u2026 we could go on.&nbsp; Essentially these are all methods to back up to a remote server, all of which will be worth considering if your business has offices in more than one location \u2013 or you\u2019re willing to splash out on establishing a dedicated location for a remote server.&nbsp; Some food for thought.<\/p>\n<h2>Sure tape is old technology, but don&#8217;t send it off to the retirement home just yet<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3167\" alt=\"old-63622_640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/old-63622_640.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/old-63622_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/old-63622_640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not only is tape not yet yesterday\u2019s news, it\u2019s still breaking records.&nbsp; Just this month Sony announced that they\u2019ve developed <a title=\"Tape is back, baby!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/computing\/181560-sony-develops-tech-for-185tb-tapes-3700-times-more-storage-than-a-blu-ray-disc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sparkly new tape technology<\/a> that can fit a massive 185TB per reel.&nbsp; That\u2019s not a typo \u2013 TERABYTES.&nbsp; This is so far beyond the reach of any other backup technology it\u2019s ridiculous.&nbsp; Sony\u2019s wonder-tape uses a new scientific innovation (although black-magic would perhaps be equally as descriptive) called <a title=\"Black Magic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sputter_deposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sputter deposition<\/a>, which fires argon ions at a polymer film substrate in order to create layers of magnetic crystals.&nbsp; These magnetic particles measure at just 7.7 nanometers on average, meaning they can be jammed together to an incomprehensible degree.&nbsp; The effect is a frankly ludicrous 148GB per inch of magnetic tape, which is a whopping capability for server backup of any scope.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, NSA scale data collection aside, there are still downsides to tape.&nbsp; Sequential storage is one of the biggest (this means that the order your data goes in is the order it comes out, so there\u2019s no picking and choosing like with a random access HDD).&nbsp; But for large amounts of archived data good old <a title=\"Backup to tape with BackupAssist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/tour_Zip_To_Tape.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tape backup<\/a> still packs a heavy punch.&nbsp; Don\u2019t rule it out of your server backup strategy out of hand.<\/p>\n<h2>P2V can really make your life easier when recovering from disaster<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3168\" alt=\"surgical-instruments-81489_640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/surgical-instruments-81489_640.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/surgical-instruments-81489_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/surgical-instruments-81489_640-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sure, we did an article on the <a title=\"Find out some more about P2V\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/guides\/p2v-with-hyper-v-whats-it-all-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">benefits of P2V<\/a> just recently, but just in case you missed it it\u2019s really worth going over this again.&nbsp; We find it\u2019s an area of server backup that people outside the IT industry often struggle to wrap their collective heads around.<\/p>\n<p>P2V is a tech-head initialism that stands for Physical to Virtual migration.&nbsp; It basically refers to the transfer of physical server data to a virtual machine such as Hyper V.&nbsp; Why is this good for disaster recovery, you ask?&nbsp; Well there are a couple of reasons, but here\u2019s the big one.<\/p>\n<p>When recovering physical server backups after a disaster you\u2019re going to run into a whole lot of physical problems (makes sense, right?).&nbsp; Physical problems can equal a significant wait to get your vital systems back up and running and this is the last thing businesses of any size need when overcoming disaster.&nbsp; However, with a P2V recovery, your server can be made operational again much more quickly by recovering the server\u2019s backup to a Hyper-V guest.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a helpful video about how to perform a P2V recovery using BackupAssist:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Hopefully this article has shed some light on the lesser known (or perhaps we should say &#8220;lesser plugged&#8221;) aspects of server backup.&nbsp; Even more hopefully, it\u2019s avoided the tone of voice that these articles usually take \u2013 either&nbsp;<a title=\"Professor Frink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Professor_Frink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor Frink<\/a> or <a title=\"Don Draper\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Draper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don Draper<\/a>\u2026&nbsp; Let us know what you think!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Do you have a layman\u2019s &nbsp;explanation for another server backup fact that isn\u2019t widely known?<br \/>\nTweet us @BackupAssist with #BackupBeyondTheJargon or post it to our <a title=\"BackupAssist\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/BackupAssist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook wall<\/a>.<br \/>\nShare this article via your go-to social media for a warm-fuzzy feeling.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sever backup is a complex beast.&nbsp; There are many different factors to take into consideration and a huge headache worth of choices to make when it comes to ensuring your business servers are properly protected.&nbsp; This is all well and good if you\u2019re an IT guru with a career\u2019s worth of knowledge behind you, but &#8230; <a title=\"3 things they haven\u2019t told you about server backup\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/3-things-they-havent-told-you-about-server-backup\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 things they haven\u2019t told you about server 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