One of the things I love about Linux is that it comes with a huge suite of software and utilities that can be very powerful. Some of these utilities go un-noticed or are not widely known. In this ...

A dependable backup tool is not a luxury - everyone needs to have one. But that doesn't mean you need to spend a fortune to get the feature set that meets your needs. Jack Wallen introduces some great ...

SBackup is a simple solution for automatically backing up your Linux desktop without having to pull out the command line and figure out cron jobs and rsync commands—it's easy to use, especially for ...

These days, it is common to fill huge hard drives with movies, music, videos, software, documents and many other forms of data. Manual backups to CD or DVD often are neglected because of the ...

Jack Wallen shows you how simple it is to get a powerful, reliable backup solution installed on your Linux servers. Image: ribkhan/Adobe Stock Do you have a reliable backup solution running on your ...

How to safeguard your personal data with TrueCrypt and SpiderOak. There are so many cases of personal identifiable information (PII) or any type of data exposed on the Internet today. The details ...

Hard drives and SSDs have a habit of failing at inopportune moments (although when is a good time for storage to fail?), underscoring how important having a regular backup strategy is for keeping your ...

Does anyone know of a good program to backup files to an external server that runs under both linux and windows? I currently have a linux box running as a smb server, it would be optimal to have one ...

I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same ...

Veeam is all set to fully launch version 13 of its Veeam Data Platform (VDP) – the platform upon which Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) runs – by the end of 2025. Last week, at its annual VeeamON ...