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How to Move Amazon EC2 Instance to a Different Availability Zone, Virtual Private Cloud or a Region (CLI Scripts Included)

Moving Amazon EC2 instance to another Availability Zone, VPC or AWS Region may result in a headache for administrators, who think that it is a must to stop the existing and brand a new instance each time. If it’s

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How to set custom HTTP headers for Amazon S3 objects with MSP360 Explorer

In MSP360 we are trying to make what works best for our customers and custom HTTP headers are no exception. This is something that was brought up many times.

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Azure VM vs Amazon EC2 vs Google CE: Cloud Computing Comparison

If you look for a cloud VM infrastructure, there are 3 biggest cloud systems available: Amazon Elastic Cloud 2, Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines. Since it’s still hard to choose the right one, we are going to explain key differences to make the choice easier.

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AWS CloudWatch: What Is It?

You probably already use the built-in report to monitor instance usage peaks. In the same time, it’s not unusual for developers to be unaware of AWS CloudWatch and its’ ability to collect metrics over major AWS tools, including

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How to Use MSP360 Explorer with Amazon S3 Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (AWS MFA) is an additional layer of security that offers enhanced control over your AWS account settings. It is an opt-in account feature that requires a valid six-digit, single-use code from an authentication

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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

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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.

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How to Switch to Another Edition in MSP360 Backup

As you know MSP360 Backup comes with a single installer in which you can choose an edition that meets your requirements: Desktop, Server, Ultimate and other. Learn more at MSP360 Backup editions. We always suggest to start with a 15-

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Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration in MSP360 Drive

Note: this post applies to MSP360 Drive 2.3 and later. Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration is a built-in feature of Amazon S3. When enabled, it speeds up data transfer to Amazon S3 bucket to up to 6 times. MSP360

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How to Restore to Azure VM Using MSP360 Backup

With MSP360 Backup you can recover the server as a cloud virtual machine. Here’s a guide on full server recovery to the Microsoft Azure VM service.

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How to Encrypt File Names Using MSP360 Backup

MSP360 Backup is a powerful cross-platform solution that enables you to automate backup and restore processes to various cloud storage services. In the latest release, we are introducing an option to encrypt file and folder names in the cloud

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