What is BCDR? Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery guide & why is it Important in 2024

September 2, 2023,

BCDR, or Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, is a way of combining people, technology, and processes to help organisations keep going or get back on track during a disaster. It’s like a plan that ensures a business can stay strong even when unexpected problems come up.

What is a Secondary Storage? Types, Purposes, and Examples

September 1, 2023,

Secondary storage is often used to back up data from primary storage. This involves copying the data from the primary storage system to the secondary storage system using replication or other data protection and recovery methods

S3 Price Comparisons between Wasabi, Backblaze, Azure, and AWS in 2024

July 24, 2023,

Following on from our last article on AWS’ S3 storage, we decided to add some price comparisons between the largest S3 providers. Looking at the platforms our Resellers use, we are focusing on Wasabi, Azure, AWS, and Backblaze. We haven’t seen any significant differences between the UK instances of Wasabi, Azure (blobs) and AWS’ S3…. Read More »

How to Backup iPhone to External Hard Drive on a MAC

July 24, 2023,

To perform an iPhone backup to an external hard drive, you first need to generate a backup on your Mac device.

Xcopy vs Robocopy: Choosing the Perfect Copying Tool

July 23, 2023,

XCopy and Robocopy are two robust file-copying tools provided by Windows. They offer a command-line interface with advanced features like bulk file copying, file monitoring, and faster speeds than the standard copy command. While they provide potent capabilities, there is an increased risk of making mistakes when using these tools.

RTO and RPO explained

July 10, 2023,

Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) are two of the most important metrics in disaster recovery data protection planning.

How Many Backups Does iCloud Keep on Your iPhone

July 1, 2023,

How many backups does iCloud store? iCloud stores only a single backup for a particular device at any time. This means that when you perform a backup again, the new backup gets combined with the existing one. Consequently, iCloud retains only one backup at a time.

Difference Between Cloud Download vs Local Reinstall

June 30, 2023,

Cloud download is used when you have a great internet connection. A local reinstall is used when using local media rather than the internet to get your install files quicker

The different types of AWS’ S3 Object storage

June 23, 2023,

We haven’t seen any significant differences between the UK instances of Wasabi, Azure (blobs) and AWS’ S3. We use all three within our business and some in multiple locations.

What is a full backup?

May 12, 2023,

Full Backups: Everything You Need to Know Full backups are a dependable and efficient solution to safeguard your data. With a full backup, your data is readily retrievable so that you can have peace of mind. What Are Full Backups? A full backup takes a mirror copy of your data and files on a device… Read More »