Don’t Let Your Backups Fool You! Why Storage Hardware Health Matters
by Nathan.Fouarge on Nov 19, 2025 4:01:23 PM
Over the past several months, we’ve seen a noticeable rise in support cases that had nothing to do with backup misconfiguration, retention settings, or scheduling issues. These were situations where everything on the software side looked perfect. The problem wasn’t the backup strategy …
Why MSPs Should Help SMBs Prioritize NAS Backup and Recovery in 2025
by Bridget.Giacinto on May 22, 2025 9:00:00 AM
For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), reliable data protection is no longer just a best practice - it's a requirement. Due to the increasing number of ransomware attacks, strict data privacy laws, and insurance policies requiring proof of backup and recovery procedures, SMBs a …
Cloud Backup Misconceptions and Their Truth
by Adam Stuflick on Mar 24, 2025 2:00:00 PM
Debunking Myths About a Secure, Cost-Effective Backup Method Cloud backup is an essential component of modern data protection, but misconceptions still prevent organizations from taking full advantage of its benefits. Many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are reluctant to adop …
Essential Guide to NAS as Backup Storage for SMBs
by Adam Stuflick on Jul 12, 2024 2:09:06 PM
81% of businesses use some form of storage array (e.g., SAN, NAS). Source: Spiceworks NAS, or Network Attached Storage, is popular among small and medium-sized businesses. They are convenient to integrate into existing network environments, secure, easy to use, and generally affordabl …
What Do You Mean OneDrive Isn’t Backup?
by Nathan.Fouarge on Jun 12, 2024 12:30:00 PM
For years now, more and more people have been using "the cloud" to store their files, whether it's Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Amazon's AWS, Microsoft's Azure cloud services, or any of the other file syncing services out there. Note that I say “file syncing services”, not cloud b …
Why Offsite Backup isn’t a Maybe – it’s a Must
by Adam Stuflick on Dec 14, 2023 5:26:27 AM
IT and business leaders understand that backing up data is essential, but they often overlook the need to include offsite backup in their recovery plans. Offsite backup isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s vital for delivering the recoverability and redundancy that every organization needs …
The Evolution of Backup
by Mike Andrews on Sep 28, 2023 7:00:00 AM
At its core, backup has always been simply a method for returning to a prior state of productivity following an incident that has corrupted, deleted, encrypted, or otherwise separated us from our critical data. It's not this concept that has changed so much over the years. It's the ma …
Leverage the Cloud and Simplify Backup
by Sean Curiel on Jul 27, 2023 11:39:45 AM
Most organizations are now generating important business data from a wide range of systems, various applications (locally hosted as well as SaaS), and different physical locations. This can make it a challenge to protect and manage all backup data via a single solution. Additionally a …
How to Protect Your NAS from Ransomware
by Sean Curiel on Nov 1, 2022 6:00:00 AM
The number of malware variants that specifically target NAS devices appears to be on the rise. Fortunately, being proactive in taking common-sense precautions and utilizing the security features built into your NAS – can go a long way toward stopping Ransomware before it ever has a ch …
Why MSPs Love Block Level Differencing (FastBIT)
by Sean Curiel on Apr 13, 2021 7:54:24 AM
Modern data protection solutions offer us a wide range of methods for backing up. To start with, we have the option of backing up at the file level or taking an entire system image. These backup formats each have their own benefits and unique purpose for data security.
