Category Archives: Technical

Why Cloud Backups Fail to Protect ISAM Databases — And How Dr.Backup Gets It Right

Many business‑critical applications rely on ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method) databases. They’re everywhere—vertical market software, line‑of‑business systems, financial accounting packages, and countless legacy-but-still-essential PC/server applications. ISAM databases store data in fixed table files, with separate index files that track record locations. They’re fast, efficient, and ideal for read‑heavy workloads, which is why so many vendors... Read More

ZERO TRUST Security Filters – Prevent Ransomware!

Say GOODBYE to the threat of RANSOMWARE…and say HELLO to a less stressful computing experience! No more worries about a single bad click, a malicious email attachment or a moment of carelessness on the web causing a major data loss for your business! “Zero Trust Security Filters” are an integral part of the Dr.Backup B3... Read More

Monitoring Backups Using A Report Card

Each time that a backup completes, an email message is sent to you and/or your designated technical contact(s). The message contains a summary of the just-completed backup job and a detailed log file of the current backup configuration. This happens automatically — unless you have asked us to suppress successful backup operations. If you are... Read More

Why Microsoft OneDrive Should NOT Be Your Critical Data Backup

If you own/operate a business, your livelihood depends heavily on the digital information you maintain about your products, services, employees and customers. Don’t be lulled into thinking that the use of OneDrive on your PC alleviates the need for you to follow proper data protection and backup processes. Relying exclusively on OneDrive to secure your... Read More

The “Humpty Dumpty” Backup Question

So you’re already using secure online backup to protect your critical files, folders and databases, right? Well congratulations, you’ve taken an important first step to protect one of your organization’s most important assets – its data. However, don’t forget to ask yourself the very important “Humpty-Dumpty” question: How quickly can you put all the pieces... Read More

Combining Online and Local Image Backup for Maximum Protection

While online backup provides the ultimate in mission critical data protection, image backup is an excellent complement. A full system image backup can dramatically speed up the process of recovering from serious equipment or disk corruption failure by restoring not just lost data, but also the operating system environment and installed application software. The Dr.Backup... Read More

Powerful New Features in Dr.Backup for 2017

The Dr.Backup online backup service has always been great. But new software feature enhancements for 2017 raise the bar even higher. Nearly 2 years in development, version 11.16 is now available. We are proud to be one of the few national service providers that can offer fully managed & secure online backup AND complementary local... Read More

Building a Better Online Backup Service

Back in 2001, Dr.Backup deployed its first generation backup storage server. A series of 12 disks were inserted in a chassis and arranged into an array with fault tolerant technology called Raid-5. Each disk had approximately 146 GB of unformatted storage capacity. Ten of these disks actually held live customer data. One disk held Raid... Read More

Online Backup Performance – A Testing Methdology

 Suppose you have important business information that you want to protect with a secure backup to the Internet. One of the many questions you’re likely to ask a potential vendor is: How long will it take to actually perform the backup? In this blog post we’ll see what’s actually involved in answering this common question... Read More