CHAPTER SIXTEEN Storage and Backup
…all you need in life is a little place for your stuff…
—GEORGE CARLIN
CHAPTER TABLE OF CONTENTS
Even though the name of the entire field is Information Technology, the heart of that information is data. And the growth in the amount of data is proceeding at an exponential rate. It isn’t uncommon for a presentation or word processing document to be several megabytes in size. Where once the transmission of a file that size would be considered prohibitive, it’s now commonplace and routine.
In addition, individuals are more reluctant than ever to delete files, ...
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