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Tape Backup Systems

At a glance, it may seem like tape backup systems are obsolete, a dinosaur, a thing of the past. After all, we have DVDs now that hold so much more information, there are mirror drives, and the whole Cloudware scenario.

In actuality, the tape backup systems of today are very different from the ones of even a decade ago, tape backups themselves are about as outdated as circuit boards. There may be a great deal of innovation, but none of that will replace the need to store data quickly and efficiently. Burning DVDs isn’t all that fast, and it’d still require someone to sit in front of every machine in a company and change them out. There’s simply no smooth way to automate backups with that technology. “But it’s a DVD, they’re HUGE!” Some may exclaim. Yes, and home hard drives are now exceeding terabyte proportions. The only real way to continue to handle the enormous demands for safeguarding data is by something which can be expanded. That means tape backups.

Today’s tape backup systems are nothing at all like most of us visualize. Huge spools of magnetic tapes are now gone, replaced by light, concise, efficient tape cartridges. You’re not going to be made to sit and wait for it to finish so you can change the tape either. Tapes hold a lot of data these days, and if there’s a need for multiple tapes, a robotic system will change them for you automatically. It will even keep them all cataloged. There’s nothing to take care of anymore, nothing to watch or tend to. If there’s an error, the tape backup system will either handle it automatically, or let you know about it, and suggest what needs to be done! A brief consideration of alternatives finds them lacking. A mirror drive won’t let you go back to yesterday or last week if you have data loss or suffer an infection, and if the building catches fire, the mirror drive is still going to burn along with the machine, leaving you at a total loss of irreplaceable information. Uploading your data to a paid service is nowhere near secure enough during transmission, far too slow for such large volumes of information, is expensive, and is still no guarantee that you’ll get your information back intact if you should suffer a loss! DVDs aren’t the solution either.

Tape backup systems have survived all these years because they work. They have improved and evolved, become quite sophisticated, but not at the risk of fragility. Today’s systems are expandable as well; you can buy a smaller system now and add on to it as your need for safe storage grows. The archived data cartridges are easily transferred to an off-site location for safe keeping. All of these things make tape backup systems both the past and the future of our ever-growing need for data security for years to come!

Searchable Portfolio of Healthcare Real Estate and Medical Office Buildings Now Online

NexCore Group, a leading healthcare real estate developer, is pleased to publicize the highly anticipated launch of the new web site located at www.NexCoreGroup.com

In a response to interviews with NexCore Group stakeholders, NexCoreGroup.com delivers easy navigation and new online searchable portfolio. The NexCoreGroup.com homepage greets the visitor with the keys to ‘Creating Value for Healthcare Providers: Strategy, Development, Acquisition, Ownership’ set within a dynamic slideshow of its healthcare real estate projects overlaid with clear portfolio site navigation links.

Jarrod Daddis, senior managing director of NexCore Group, explains, “Based on our research we found that visitors go to healthcare real estate websites to:

a) get facts on companies capabilities,
b) view photos, search project types and scope, and
c) find a contact name to get in touch with.

NexCoreGroup.com provides all this in a site that is easy to find, easily accessible and most importantly, displays content that reflects the personality, experience and expertise of NexCore Group.” So far the feedback has been incredibly positive.

Bob Ricker, Associate VP, Suburban Services, Rex Healthcare of Knightdale said, “I look for experience, photos and project visuals first and then a way to contact an actual person with whom I can discuss my unique and specific needs. The new NexCoreGroup.com site does just that.” “Great stuff!

The new website really shows how NexCore Group supplies healthcare providers with a strategybased approach that integrates and enhances medical practice business plans and strategies,” reported Alan Becker, Health Futures Development Group, Consultant to Alexian Brothers St. Alexius Doctors Office Building III.

NexCoreGroup.com facilitates easy navigation and planning for healthcare systems, hospitals, physicians and providers. By developing profiles of typical website visitors, the company was able to improve its website information architecture and navigation for faster and more direct click thru paths suited to individual visitor preferences.

Visitors arriving at the NexCoreGroup.com homepage get direct instant access to many links, including:

• Company management and partners
• Strategy, development, acquisition and ownership services
• Searchable portfolio of medical office buildings and ambulatory care centers
• Specific contacts for West, Midwest and East region inquiries

View Squidoo! HealthCare Real Estate

In today’s high paced world it is crucial to protect the valuable data residing in our computers.  If a company were to lose all stored information and did not have the ability to backup and restore that information quickly and efficiently it could be detrimental to them.  There are three computer backup software methods to choose from to backup you information.

The most highly recommended type of back up is called a full backup.  A full backup is just as the name implies, it will fully backup all of the files and programs on either a specific computer or an entire network.  In the case of a complete loss of information for a company that has done a full back up, all information can be recovered.  This offers a great feeling of security for the user.

To save only the files that have changed since the last back up you would use an incremental backup.  An incremental backup is used to restore a downed system to a specific point in time.  This does not restore files that have been changed since the last backup.  A nice bonus to an incremental backup is the fact that it provides a record of daily changes, therefore providing the user a convenient way to tack file usage.

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The last method used to backup and restore information is called a differential backup.  A differential backup entails a collective backup of changes preformed since the most recent complete backup.  The difference between this method and the incremental backup is in the updated archive attribute.  The differential backup does not clear the archive attribute, instead the list of files increases daily until a complete system backup is completed.

NovaStor, the leading provider of data recovery and online backup software services, is available to help with all business and personal backup and restore issues.