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Backup

In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "back up", whereas the noun and adjective form is "backup". Backups can be used to recover data after its loss from data…

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Selection and extraction of data

FilesFilesystemsCopying filesDisk imagingDd (Unix)
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Manipulation of data and dataset optimization

ShrinkDeduplicationDuplicatedEncryptingStaging
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Information technologyComputer dataData lossRecover dataCorruption
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Storage

Relational database3-2-1 ruleCloud storage
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Backup

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Backup

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related to Objectives · 20
Backup → Applications, Backups, Checksum, Data, Enterprise, Essentially, HIPAA, In, IT, Making, Recovery, Regulations, Retaining, RPO, RTO, The, This, To, USA, User-initiated
related to Filesystems · 12
Backup → Because, But, Filesystem, Identification, Linux, Some, The, The NILFS, This, Unix, Versioning, XFS
related to Files · 11
Backup → Copying, Deleted, Making, Most, Partial, Some, System, That, This, To, Versioning
related to 3-2-1 Backup Rule · 7
Backup → An, Because, It, LTO, Physically, SSDs, The
related to Live data · 7
Backup → At, Files, Microsoft Exchange Server, One, Snapshotting, The, This
related to Selection and extraction of data · 5
Backup → Backing, By, Deciding, Most, These
related to Staging · 5
Backup → D2D2T, Disk-to-disk-to-tape, It, Sometimes, This
related to Deduplication · 4
Backup → It, Redundancy, The, This
related to External links · 4
Backup → The, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Refactoring · 4
Backup → For, Refactoring, The, This

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data files storage backups media used system time file disk may tape hard copy also applications full restore systems computer

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Backupis acopy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event0.90text
a computer clusterinstance ofhowever not all backup systems are able to reconstitute a computer system or other complex configuration0.80text
active directory serverinstance ofhowever not all backup systems are able to reconstitute a computer system or other complex configuration0.80text
or database server.A backup system contains at least one copy of all data considered worth savinginstance ofhowever not all backup systems are able to reconstitute a computer system or other complex configuration0.80text
written documentsinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
multimedia projectsinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
or user preferencesinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
to prevent failed write events caused by power outagesinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
operating system crashesinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
or exhausted disk spaceinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
from causing data lossinstance ofwhich must be run in conjunction with a virtual machine or equivalent and is therefore generally used in enterprise client-server backups.Software may create copies of individua…0.80text
ransomwareinstance ofincluding by user error and by malware0.80text

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