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R. Süß, Y. SüßIT Infrastructure https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0077-1_6

6. Backup

Ralf Süß1   and Yannik Süß2
(1)
Singapore, Singapur, Singapore
(2)
Unterhaching, Bayern, Germany
 

Data backup is the process of copying data to another medium with the objective of retrieving the data in the case of an event that caused the loss of data on the primary medium. The process of restoring the data from the secondary medium is called recovery. Data backup requires the copying and archiving of computer data to make it accessible in case of data corruption or deletion.

Data backup is an important element in making the IT environment resilient and essential to any sensible ...

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