A few months ago, I detailed an excellent “file server in the Cloud” application called Egnyte. In a nutshell, Egnyte is a secure Software as a Service that takes the place of your file server, FTP ...

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

Imagine losing months or even years of critical data in the blink of an eye, an all-too-common nightmare for IT professionals and home lab enthusiasts alike. In a world where data is the lifeblood of ...

I’m planning a home server mainly for backups of my music projects (from both PCs and Macs) and potentially some homelab use (remote access, Plex, Docker). I want something that will last a long time ...

I have a Synology NAS (DS-920+) and a Windows 10 machine. The NAS is the "primary" data store but I'd like to make regular backups of the NAS data to a local HDD in my Windows 10 machine. I prefer ...

You probably have a backup strategy for the local files on your computer, but for a business operating a website, protecting the data on your website is just as -- if not more -- important. In cases ...

What better way to add a geeky touch to #vanlife than with a Linux server in your RV? One easily could make the strong argument that an RV is the ultimate DIY project playground. It combines all of ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

The early adopter “cloud crowd” makes the most headlines, but they’re only the tip of the small business iceberg. Looking at various data storage vendor customer numbers has convinced me 90% of small ...

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...