Backup Technology Explained: The Fundamentals Of Enterprise Backup
ComputerWeekly, Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
We look at backup and its role in enterprise data protection, including what to backup and how often, RPO and RTO, full and incremental, and if backups can be replaced by snapshots
Backup is a fundamental protection required by any IT system. That's all the more so in a world where ransomware attacks can take out company data in a stroke.
Effective backup has also become more complex as IT departments deal with a variety of systems - including virtual servers and desktops, and containerised applications - as well as multiple datacentres and cloud locations.