Snapshot files can grow to the same size as the original base disk file, which is why the provisioned storage size of a virtual machine increases by an amount equal to the original size of the virtual ...

Microsoft's Hyper-V snapshots feature is a convenience, not a backup replacement. But with different cloud vendors using the term "snapshots" in different ways, that's easy to forget. The public cloud ...

Turns out, a virtualized PBS instance is just as effective when you want to save money ...

Aside from third-party solutions, snapshots are the best option for backing up your EC2 virtual machines, says Brien Posey, who explains how managing the process is something of an art form. Unless ...

LAWRENCE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cobalt Iron Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that its Compass ® enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) backup ...

There is no denying that virtualizing your production network will shower you with benefits – significant cost savings, streamlined disaster recovery, immediate snapshot functionality – BUT unlike ...

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This is my fourth and final posting in this series. In this last posting I will be wrapping the backup script that we have been working on. Most of this post will be code, so mind the formatting. To ...