Backup and Recovery Blog
What is Lustre and How Does It Work? High-performance computing environments require storage solutions capable of handling massive datasets with exceptional performance. Lustre addresses these demands with its distributed file management approach, which already powers a large number of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Understanding the Lustre Architecture Lustre’s architecture separates metadata from actual file…
What is GPFS and Why is Data Backup Important? Modern-day enterprise landscape becomes increasingly data-driven as time goes on, necessitating an underlying framework that can manage large data volumes across distributed systems and presenting unique challenges for most regular file systems. In this context, we would like to review IBM Spectrum Scale in more detail,…
What is Lustre FS and Why is Data Backup Crucial? The Lustre file system is an important part of high-performance computing environments that require exceptional storage capabilities for their parallel processing tasks with massive datasets. Although it was originally created to handle supercomputing applications, Lustre has evolved into a valuable component of infrastructures in businesses…
Corporate data protection has never been more important. Secure backup and recovery is no longer an option, instead it is an essential business practice that cannot be ignored. Cyber threats are growing more complex and frequent, forcing companies to introduce robust security frameworks for their backup infrastructure. Veeam Backup & Replication is one of the…
Why Backup QEMU VMs? Virtual machines are the backbone of almost any modern IT infrastructure, and QEMU-based VMs are a popular choice in virtual envionments. Creating proper backups of these virtual environments is not just a recommendation, it is typically a required part of any proper business continuity and disaster recovery plan. Properly maintained backups…
Tape storage was, for a while, thought by some to be becoming sidelined by other storage technologies. Far from it: its capabilities are rapidly improving, and predictions are that tape will increase in storage density and capacity at a far higher rate than disk over the next few years. Not only that, tape read and…
Once considered a cutting-edge technology, virtualization is now simply just another essential element of most businesses. From complex homelabs to corporate data centers, the choice between virtualization platforms tends to significantly impact the operational efficiency, budget, and future scalability of the entire environment. Proxmox Virtual Environment and VMware ESXi are considered some of the biggest…
The ability to choose the most suitable available virtualization platform is important for businesses that want to maximize the efficiency of their IT infrastructure. Proxmox and Hyper-V are two perfect examples of such platforms that take completely different approaches to the same subject – virtualization. Proxmox is open-source and built on Linux with KVM, while…
When it comes to enterprise computing, AIX systems are still very important in a wide range of mission-critical tasks or operations. Such robust UNIX-based environments also necessitate equally flexible backup strategies in order to ensure business continuity and protect sensitive information of the organization. Securing the entire AIX infrastructure is a business imperative and not…
A modern-day business environment does not accept data loss in any form, considering how one such event can cause massive damages to the business in question, including financial losses, reputational issues, etc. When it comes to Oracle database administrators, it is practically necessary to create and implement a robust strategy for backup and recovery tasks….
A DB2 database secures data in a proverbial fortress: data being, by far, any modern company’s most important resource. Information security is an extremely sensitive topic in the modern world of enterprise data management, which requires creating contingency plans well before a crisis arises. A robust backup strategy should help companies address all kinds of…
An introduction to backup management Information has long been the most prized resource of any organization in any industry. The loss of critical data can bring potentially destructive consequences to any business, no matter whether the data in question is intellectual property, operational documents, financial transactions, or customer records. In this context, backup management operates…
