Enterprises need to gather key data to determine whether their backup and recovery plans match up with reality.
On the chance that the COVID-19 virus forces masses of employees to work from home, this could be the time to review your disaster-recovery plans and address shortcomings
The venerable 3-2-1 rule for backing up data remains a tried-and-true method for ensuring the integrity of copied data that is essential to disaster recovery efforts, but it has to be done properly.
You don’t have to back up everything about every container, but it’s important to back up configurations for running and managing them in case of disaster.
It’s not always the case, but there are circumstances when it’s important to back up Docker and other containers to avoid costly loss.
Block storage in the cloud that is not properly backed up can result in lost data, and while object storage in the cloud is more resilient, it pays to be careful.
If you use a cloud provider's block storage, it warrants backup to avoid possible data loss in the event of an outage.
Instant recovery makes backups directly accessible for quick restoration of files but also enables checking whether the backup system itself is actually working.
Vendors of hyperconverged infrastructure provide options for making it easier to backup data on-site, in the cloud or both, but which is best?
There are several ways of moving data to backup storage sites where it will be safe in a disaster, but none is perfect. Here are the upsides and downsides of each.
