This research report discusses the significant reduction in cost and the added data protection that Microsoft 365 backup solutions can bring to an organization through their automation. Case studies, reports, and 2023–2025 evaluations show automated backups save 30% via efficiency, faster restores, and optimized resources. Continue reading
Fast NTFS scan in MSP360 Backup 5.7
MSP360 Backup always aims to accelerate the backup process. One of the things that call for enhancement is file scanning, especially so for the owners of HDDs. In the latest version of MSP360 Backup — release 5.7 — we're introducing Fast NTFS Scan; this feature will considerably expedite the backup process for users with millions of files.
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Best Practices: Real-Time Backup
MSP360 Backup enables you to perform real-time cloud backup for your utmost important files that must remain intact regardless of emerging circumstances. In this article, we wanted to clarify the use-cases for the feature as well as scenarios in which it's advisable to avoid using it.
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Introducing MSP360 Backup 5.6.1
It's been almost two weeks since the release of MSP360 Backup 5.6. Today we bring you the first minor update to release 5.6 with two new features. Namely, we've natively integrated MSP360 Remote Assistant into MSP360 Backup and added support for Wasabi cloud storage. In this article we elaborate on the novelties and demonstrate them in action.
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Tips from Steve: Two Clouds
In this article, Steve explains how to plan a reliable backup strategy for files that are infrequently changed using two clouds simultaneously.
Tips from Steve: Delay Purge – What Is It and Should I Use It?
We are proud to introduce a series of blog post from one of our biggest customers, Steve Putnam. In these articles, Steve shares his experience and best practices for utilizing MSP360 Managed Backup as a Managed Service Provider. Continue reading
Google Cloud Storage Classes Overview: Standard vs Nearline vs Coldline
Google Cloud Storage has a number of classes to choose from. All of them guarantee 99.999999999% durability, have universal API, unlimited capacity, and almost zero latency—the download starts within milliseconds. Still, they vary in price and usage terms. In this post, we will explain Google Cloud Storage classes and find the best one that suits your needs. Continue reading
What’s the Difference Between Cloud Storage, Backup and Sync?
Cloud data technologies have a lot of concepts which are usually misapprehended. Today, we will figure out what’s the difference between cloud storage, cloud backup, and cloud synchronization, and what suits best for common business tasks.
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Requests Prices in Azure, Google and AWS Compared
Besides data volume charge, using cloud storage you pay for data transfer and operation requests. In this post, we will consider these fees for the most popular cloud storage systems: Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
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How to Improve Amazon S3 Data Protection Using Cross-Region Replication
By default, Amazon S3 stores multiple copies of your data inside different facilities within one AWS Region. In case of region-level disaster like tornado, flood or earthquake all these facilities will experience outage and despite all precautions your crucial data may be lost. Consequences are catastrophic, especially in case of user-generated content that can’t be easily reproduced.
This article explains how to Configure Cross-Region Replication between buckets in different AWS Regions to achieve region-level data protection. Continue reading
Amazon Cloud Storage: S3 or Cloud Drive?
In this article, we compare Amazon S3 and Amazon Drive (previously Amazon Cloud Drive) — a standalone storage service designed by AWS. Continue reading
Compare AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud for Backup
Cloud users typically choose a multi-vendor approach for their data backup and storage tasks. Using different solutions leads to more flexibility and often allows to cut overall expenditures. Azure, AWS, and Google are among the world's top providers of cloud storage services, so it is important to know about their differences in order to choose the right vendor for each particular need.
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