NovaBACKUP Security Blog / Virtual Environments

Virtualization Glossary of Terms You Should Know

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Whether you are brand new to virtualization technology or already utilizing it, there is no doubt a huge amount of new terminology you've come into contact with.

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Storage Virtualization Can Help You Save Money

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Storage virtualization is the process of combining the physical storage of multiple storage resources, to make them appear as a single virtual server device. By pooling all storage media (hard disk, optical media, SSD, NAS, tape) into a single pool of available virtual storage, the ph …

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What is Server Virtualization and How Can It Benefit You?

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Server virtualization involves the partitioning of a physical server into smaller virtual servers in order to better utilize server resources. Server virtualization takes server operations, applications and files and hosts them on virtual networks allowing for better utilization of th …

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Virtualization in Small Businesses: When is it Time to Start?

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Over the past decade, virtualization has made a name for itself across organizations of all sizes, and it continues to impact how we operate. However, when it comes to this type of technological change, small businesses in particular have a number of worries. Are they too small to ben …

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Why Small Businesses Should Virtualize Servers

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In recent years, organizations have discovered the considerable benefits of virtualizing their hardware, particularly when it comes to servers. As a small business, you may initially think of the costs and expertise required for such a transition. However, the truth is that making the …

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Is Your Business Wasting Money by Not Virtualizing Storage? [Video]

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Money doesn't grow on trees, and your business shouldn't waste it by sticking with legacy storage solutions.

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How to Restore a Single File from a VMware Backup of a Virtual Machine

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When it comes to restoring files from a virtual machine, 80% of the typical recovery cases that we see only require a single file to be restored from a backup. Given that reality, why waste your time and effort restoring an entire virtual machine, when you can do a file-level restore …

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How to Replicate Virtual Machines (VMware)

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In an earlier post we discussed, What is Virtual Machine Replication? and what it can do for your business. Now we want to take a deeper dive into how to replicate virtual machines using NovaBACKUP software. In this post we are going to discuss VMware replication specifically, althoug …

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VMware VM Backup Best Practices

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This article is designed to walk you through VMware VM backup best practices using the Virtual Dashboard available within NovaBACKUP software. Using the native "Change Block Tracking" (CBT) feature available through VMware, NovaBACKUP will allow you to do daily Differential or Increme …

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What is Virtual Machine Replication?

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Let's take a deep dive into one of the facets of virtual machine protection called virtual machine replication and what it can do for a business. The first question that may come to mind is, “what is virtual machine replication?” On a very simple level, virtual machine replication (VM …

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