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Protecting your Network Attached Storage (NAS) data is essential for any organisation that handles critical information. While NAS systems provide excellent local storage capabilities, combining them with cloud backup creates a robust defence against data loss, ransomware attacks, and hardware failures. This guide explains the best NAS backup strategy,…
Every business that relies on digital infrastructure operates with a risk that most people prefer not to think about: what happens when the server goes down and the data is gone? Ransomware, hardware failure, accidental deletion, fire, flood. These issues happen to real businesses every week, and the organisations…
Every year, Australian businesses lose critical data to hardware failure, ransomware, accidental deletion, and natural disasters. In most cases, the damage is not caused by a lack of technology, but rather user error or a lack of processes. Without a documented & tested data backup strategy, even large organisations…
For Australian business decision makers, selecting the right backup strategy is imperative. Understanding the difference between a full backup and an incremental backup, along with differential backup alternatives, determines how quickly your organisation recovers from data loss and how efficiently you use your storage resources. This comprehensive guide examines the…
What Is Hybrid Cloud Backup? Hybrid cloud backup combines local on-premises storage with cloud-based storage to create a unified, resilient data protection strategy. Rather than relying on a single location or medium, a hybrid backup approach lets businesses keep fast, immediately accessible copies of their data on-site while simultaneously…
For small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Australia, protecting your data is the lifeblood of your business. Whether it’s customer records, financial data, bookings, or day-to-day operations, losing data costs your business time, money, and reputation. Understanding the differences between cloud backup vs local backup, and cloud backup vs…
Australian small and medium businesses rely on cloud technology to store and manage their data. Popular services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and Microsoft OneDrive have made it easy to access files from anywhere. A common misconception is that cloud storage automatically protects your business data. In actuality, cloud…
For people and businesses who give a S#!T about their data! As a #Truenas partner and #ZFS fanboy, I’ve noticed over the years there is nothing here in Oz that caters for native ZFS replication from source > target on public cloud. Unless you personally deploy 2+ x ZFS…
In an age where digital operations form the backbone of business success, the question isn’t whether a disaster will strike, but when. From cyber attacks and hardware failures to natural disasters and human error, the threats to business continuity are numerous and evolving daily. Disaster Recovery as a Service…
In today’s digital-first world, the question for small and medium businesses isn’t if you should back up your data, but how, and securely. Whether it’s spreadsheets, client contacts, accounting records, or vital correspondence, losing data can mean the end of your business. Enter Velocity Host’s open source cloud backup…
TrueNAS has a reputation as something you run on a box under your desk, not something you host in the cloud. That reputation is out of date. Whether you need TrueNAS as managed cloud storage, or you are asking whether you can run TrueNAS on a VM for your own environment, the honest answer is yes to both, with some real technical caveats worth understanding before you commit to Truenas in the cloud.
This guide separates the three, prices each one as accurately as public information allows, and compares the real total cost against Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and ownCloud.
There is a common assumption among Australian business owners that Nextcloud is a lightweight alternative to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, useful for basic file storage but not a serious contender for day to day business collaboration. That assumption no longer holds up.
If your business is looking for a way to store, share and collaborate on files without handing control of the underlying platform to a large cloud provider, Nextcloud is worth considering. It is an open-source content collaboration platform that can be self-hosted or delivered through a managed hosting service.
If a staff member left tomorrow, could your business say exactly which client files they opened in their final month? Not just what they changed, but what they viewed, downloaded or shared, and when? For most Australian businesses, the honest answer is no. That gap is exactly what the…