Storage Archives | ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/storage/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:06:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 6 Best Server Backup Software for 2023 https://www.serverwatch.com/backup/server-backup-software/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:05:25 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35444 Keep your server data safe and secure with the best server backup software solutions. Here are the top 6 options to backup your data in 2023.

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]]> What Is Server Backup? What Are the Benefits? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/server-backup/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:33:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35353 Server backup is the process of duplicating critical data to protect it from loss or contamination. Here’s how it works, why it’s necessary, and how you can get started.

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]]> 7 Best Free and Open Source NAS Solutions of 2023 https://www.serverwatch.com/storage/free-nas-solutions/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:45:52 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36466 Network-attached storage solutions are widely available for home and business use with free or open source NAS software.

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]]> Scale Up vs Scale Out: What’s the Difference? https://www.serverwatch.com/storage/scale-up-vs-scale-out/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:10:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36359 Everything you need to know about when to scale up vs. scale out, and how each can impact cost, performance, and resource use.

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]]> What Is Edge Caching? Definition, How It Works, and Use Cases https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/edge-cache/ Sat, 20 May 2023 14:51:17 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35649 Edge caching enables websites to deliver content faster to their users. Here’s how it works, its benefits for delivering fast and efficient content, and potential drawbacks it could face.

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]]> 6 Best Cloud and Online Backup Services 2023 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/cloud-backup-services/ Wed, 17 May 2023 04:33:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36278 Here are the best cloud and online backup services to protect your personal and company data from loss or theft.

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]]> What Is a Data Lake? https://www.serverwatch.com/storage/data-lake/ Tue, 24 May 2022 12:34:03 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36572 A data lake refers to a central location where large amounts of data are stored in a raw, unstructured format with information about the data and unique identifiers. They store data that can be processed later to extract valuable business insights and drive your business forward.  This type of flexible organization allows for the storage […]

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]]> What is a Data Lakehouse? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/data-lakehouse/ Tue, 24 May 2022 08:00:56 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36575 A data lakehouse is the data management paradigm combining data warehouse and data lake capabilities into a unified platform for optimizing structured and unstructured data storage. While data warehouses have long been the answer to storing structured data, the explosion of data in recent decades led to data lakes storing vast amounts of unique and […]

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]]> What Is Scale-Out NAS? Pros and Cons https://www.serverwatch.com/storage/scale-out-nas/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36445 To handle the performance needs of the workloads of today, a storage architecture needs to offer flexibility, agility, and efficiency. As such, scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) is a cost-effective architecture that handles these workloads and can keep up with the growth of structured and unstructured data to meet the data storage requirements of today. Read […]

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]]> Best Enterprise-Grade NAS Solutions https://www.serverwatch.com/storage/enterprise-nas-solutions/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:27:53 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36422 Network-attached storage (NAS) hardware and software solutions can ease and enhance the task of managing data for individuals up to enterprise data centers. NAS appliances offer organizations secure storage and file access to groups of users at a lower cost relative to the latest file servers. Both file servers and NAS perform similar functions, but […]

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