What's the level of your backup IQ? Try our Backup IQ quiz and find
out if you're up to date with the various backup strategies
available to help you protect yourself from data loss. 1. What type
of security feature is increasingly used to protect data at rest on
tape or in flight across a LAN or WAN?
What is it?2. This type of backup is performed on data even though it is
actively accessible to users and may currently be in a state of
being updated.
What is it?
3. This type of backup service provides an extra measure of
redundancy that can be invaluable if the main storage backup system
fails.
What is it?
4. This type of backup offers a means of centralization and, in
some cases, an economy of scale.
What is it?
5. This type of backup eliminates the need to manage separate
pieces of software on every target machine.
What is it?
6. This is a necessity when it comes to handling backups.
What is it?
7. This technology for disk significantly reduces the risk of
data loss resulting from tape failure.
What is it?
8. This technology, also called "single-instance storage,"
physically saves only one copy of redundant files or blocks. (Hint:
Two words)
What is it?
9. Some of the benefits of this technology are better backup and
recovery times and lower operating costs.
What is it?
10. This is a storage system in which all the data in an
enterprise is backed up whenever any change is made.
What is it?
How did you do?
10 correct -- Backup brilliance
7-9 correct -- Good showing
4-7 correct -- Need to brush up a bit
3 or less correct -- Check out our
Backup All-In-One Guide for sure.
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