Imagine what it would be like to have your business uprooted in the blink of an eye. That’s precisely what can happen if you’re the victim of a cybersecurity attack. And without a plan to fall back on, picking up the pieces will be a struggle. But worse, it could also mean closing your doors,
Backup
Blasting Away Old Spool Files Off the POWER Box with SQL
Backup vs. DRaaS for IBM i
We can all agree that critical business data needs to be protected against disasters and that unplanned downtimes can be extremely costly. Yet many IT managers are not in agreement about the best backup approach for their IBM Power Systems that are running IBM i. Some believe that traditional methods (such as tape) are still
How Managed Backup can enhance your IBM i Disaster Recovery Strategy
There are a number of options for local and cloud-based backup and recovery solutions. In our last blog, we discussed the issues with local tape-based backups. Most cloud backup services provide a basic subset of services for backing up and restoring production data. The list below shows the seven basic services every cloud backup provider
Realizing your IBM i Tape Backup Strategy Must Change
Tape-based backup is older than most people reading this article, and many organizations are still using it as either a primary or secondary backup solution. With tape backup systems, data and systems are backed up to magnetic media and stored locally off-site in a (hopefully) secured tape storage facility. But there are a multitude of
