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Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink, Pro Linux System Administration, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2008-5_14

14. Backup and Recovery

By Dennis Matotek

Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull2 and Peter Lieverdink3

(1)Footscray, Victoria, Australia

(2)Brooklyn, New York, USA

(3)North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The ability to back up and restore data is critical in any organization. You need high-quality backups not only to restore deleted or overwritten data but also in many cases for legal requirements you might have in your country (e.g., related to keeping tax or customer records).

We will begin this chapter by discussing disaster recovery planning (DRP) and business continuity management ...

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