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backup, 1 a duplicate computer, data file, equipment, or procedure for use in the event of equipment failure. 2 The act of creating another copy of a file, group of files, or an entire computer hard drive. backup Informatics A function that allows users to copy one or more files to a storage pool to protect against data loss. See Incremental backup, Mirroring, Selective backup. Cf Restore. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the event of a recovery, the full backup tape is restored followed by the incremental backup tapes. We're excited to see Exabyte help provide excellent data protection by developing this LTO automation backup tape solution for Mac OS X Server. Hard disk failures can be catastrophic; they can necessitate three days of downtime while a replacement drive arrives and is installed, and a backup tape restores the data. |
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