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Add-in Update: Cloudberry Backup for Windows Home Server v2.8

Cloudberry Backup allows you to back-up the data on your server to the cloud. Powered by Amazon S3, the add-in integrates neatly with the Dashboard to allow backup scheduling, data encryption and many more features to protect your data.

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How To Install Microsoft SkyDrive on Windows Home Server 2011

According to Microsoft, “SkyDrive for Windows is the easiest way to access your SkyDrive”. With SkyDrive installed on your home server you will be able to add, change or delete files in one location and have your files automatically sync in all the locations you employ the SkyDrive application.

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QNAP Expands Third Party NAS Compatibility With Hard Drives, Backup Apps

QNAP today announced an expansion to its list of third party devices and applications compatible with the company’s range of network attached storage devices.

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Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step – Part 9: Backing Up Your PCs

Windows Home Server’s backup features are very much the cornerstone of the product. Whilst other network attached storage devices offer data backup (usually through third-party software), Windows Home Server trumps them with single-instance (i.e. de-duplicated), incremental, image-based backup of multiple computers. That makes backup storage very efficient indeed – you may have wondered how WHS fits ten computers worth of data into a nightly backup – the answer is, it doesn’t.

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Add-in Update: Cloudberry Backup v2.6.2

Cloudberry Backup allows you to back-up the data on your home or small business server to the cloud. Powered by a variety of online storage providers, the add-in integrates neatly with the Dashboard to allow backup scheduling, data encryption and many more features to protect your data.

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Aleratec Unveils 1:1 HDD Copy Cruiser USB 3.0 Duplicator

If you’re seeking a convenient way of duplicating hard disk drives (for backup, building or upgrading PCs for example) then you may want to check out Aleratec’s brand new 1:1 HDD Copy Cruiser USB 3.0 Duplicator. It’s a portable device that allows you to create full copies of hard drives using a high speed USB 3.0 interface.

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How To: Remove A Windows Home Server 2011 Client Backup

Windows Home Server 2011 will automatically manage your network client backups based on the backup retention policy, but occasionally you may need to trim the number of backups stored on your server. This ‘how to’ will demonstrate the process.

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How To: Preserve A Windows Home Server Client Backup Indefinitely

One of the best features of Windows Home Server 2011 is its ability to backup all of the computers in the home. It would be great to keep every backup of every client computer forever. But, this is not practical because you will quickly run out of space on your server. So, WHS automatically manages your backups based on a default backup retention policy. Here is how you can keep one or two backups longer than what the backup retention policy allows.

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Using Apple OS X Lion Server as a Home Server (Part 15 – Windows PC Backup)

OK, I know what you’re going to say – in fact, you’ve probably already said it. It’s all very well and good being able to back up my Macs to OS X Server, but hey, what about my PCs? Right at the start of the book, I mentioned that we’d look after you if you had a mixed PC and Mac home network, so let’s talk about backing up your PCs to Lion Server.

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Using Apple OS X Lion Server as a Home Server (Part 14 – Time Machine Network Backup)

Over the last few parts of our (now extensive) guide to Apple OS X Lion Server, we’ve taken a look at some of the more differentiating features of the platform – namely the Shared Address Book, Shared Calendar and iChat Server. Today we’ll take a step back and look at one of the most important features in any home server platform – client backup.

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