Highly Reliable Systems, based in Reno, Nevada, has added replication to their NetSwap and RAIDFrame removable drive Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Intended for backup, these products provide removable drive and replication in one backup appliance. Replication is block level, incremental, encrypted, and scheduled. The Netswap Plus and RAIDFrame NAS appliances can also mirror between…
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You can’t tell by looking at the physical connection whether a machine is using iSCSI or a Windows share. Both iSCSI connections and shared Windows hard drives use an Ethernet connection to attach storage. Since they use the same physical connection and network cable, it can be confusing to understand the difference. It used to…
RAID5 and RAID6 still work. Google “RAID5” and you’ll quickly find articles that warn you never to use it. The claim is RAID5 won’t protect your data and is doomed to failure. People even claim RAID6 (which protects against 2 drives failing) is dangerous. We’re here to tell you that for backup appliances this advice…
RAID5 and RAID6 still work. Google “RAID5” and you’ll quickly find articles that warn you never to use it. The claim is RAID5 won’t protect your data and is doomed to failure. People even claim RAID6 (which protects against 2 drives failing) is dangerous. We’re here to tell you that for backup appliances this advice…
Have you heard of the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR? Do you do business in Europe or with European citizens? The GDPR regulation is intended to protect the privacy of individuals and has wide ranging implications for technology companies and data backup. After four years of preparation and debate the GDPR was finally approved…