Brownout
A Brownout is a temporary drop in electric power. Although power is not
completely lost, a brownout can cause significant data loss and voltage
fluctuations.
Committed Servers
A committed server is a server assigned to an organisation that has sole,
exclusive rights to the server. It is not shared with any other business
or organisation.
Fastbit Backups
Fastbit technology is able to identify just those bits of a file that have
changed and back them up. FASTBIT is used in conjunction with incremental
backups to make a very efficient backup solution, which is very useful
over Internet connections.
Full Backup
A full backup will backup all the files you have selected to be backed up
in their entirety. With a backup solution the first full backup forms the
baseline of your backup recovery strategy and all other incremental and
fastbit options get added to that baseline backup.
Incremental Backups
An incremental backup, backs up those files in your backup set that have
changed since your first full backup.
If you open or modify the contents of a file, Windows will flag that file
as modified. When the next backup runs it will see that the file has been
modified and backup the file. This is called an incremental backup.
Online Backups
These are backup solutions that use the internet to transport information
from your computer to a server in a remote location. They can also be
called remote backups. Online backups are considered to be the most
effective backup solution for smaller businesses because they are
scheduled, encrypted and stored offsite automatically.
Malware
Hardware, software, or firmware that is intentionally included or inserted
in a system for a harmful purpose.
Multi-point™ Backups
AlphaStor's Multi-point™ backup solutions provide the capability for an
organisation to establish one backup solution for multiple sites with
multiple locations.
Spyware
Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user's
Internet connection without his or her knowledge. Spyware applications are
typically bundled as a hidden component of freeware or shareware programs
that can be downloaded from the Internet.
Storeware
A term given to software that provides a backup service for
the storage of data.
Trojan
Named after the Trojan horse used by the rescuers of Helen of Troy. A
Trojan is a computer program that disguises itself as a useful software
application that is actually used to gain access to your computer.
They fall into two categories
1. Time Bombs
A Trojan will activate itself on a particular date. It finds the date when
it is loaded into memory, as the computer has to keep a record of the date
in memory to function.
2. Logic Bombs
Logic bombs are triggered off by a particular sequence of events or
conditions, for example; a key combination, number of files on a disk
Worms
A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a
computer virus. A virus attaches itself to, and becomes part of, another
executable program; a worm is self-contained and does not need to be part
of another program to propagate itself.
