What is a Cipher? Let’s start with this simple quiz You know that data encryption is one of the most important tools a Sysadmin has, and you want to ensure your customers’ data can never be decrypted if captured. Data security is not new, and this cipher was popular two thousand years ago. This quiz… Read More »

A differential backup is a data backup that copies all new and modified data since the last full backup was run.

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There are three types of backup, Full, Incremental, and Differential. Each uses different amounts of storage, has separate backup and restore times, and varies in cost.

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 »

Our predefined storage locations use Microsoft’s Azure cloud storage or Wasabi.com What is guaranteedOur predefined storage locations. This is because we use Microsoft’s and Wasabi’s cloud storage. Both are certified for ISO 27001 and SOC 2. These are two of the top five most reliable and secure cloud storage providers in the world, and they will protect your data… Read More »

Both Wasabi and Backblaze’s object storage provide secure online backup providers with a secure and durable cloud storage service that is easy to connect to.

An incremental backup is a data backup process that only copies new and modified data since the last backup. This method saves time and storage space because the backed-up data is smaller when compared to full and differential backups. This article explains incremental backups, when to use them, and their benefits. How incremental backups work… Read More »

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 »

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.