I'm still feeling my way in the proper configuration of a Linux machine so excuse me again if this is a silly question. Is there anything like the Windows persistent volume snapshot functionality ...

Sometimes we use a technology even though we're unaware of its full features and capabilities and how they may be able to benefit us. One such feature is the data snapshot. The snapshot is a single ...

There are few things that take up as much system administrator time as restoring files that users accidentally deleted or otherwise misplaced. There are also few ...

Ever deleted a file or folder on a file server and didn't mean to? Yea, me neither. But if you did, what would you do about it? Maybe you'd break out the backup tape or perhaps perform the restore ...

Snapshots are a well-known and mature technology used for data protection, historically found in storage arrays. With the advent of virtualisation, the hypervisor now provides an alternative location ...

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Simple enough question - but I can't find the answer to it. Is there any easy way (other than copying all the files off to a separate folder) of comparing two snapshots created by the volume shadow ...

Time Machine backups don’t add up! Or, rather, if you’re viewing the contents of a Time Machine backup volume in the Finder and choose File > Get Info and enable Calculate All Sizes, the totals of all ...

Snapshots have lots of benefits. They allow a quick roll-back to a previous point in time and allow for much more frequent protection than backups, without affecting production systems. Meanwhile, ...