Oliver Kaven

Performance Tests: Tape Backup

To test backup and restore time and throughput, we used a test-bed consisting of a file server containing sample data, a connecting switch, and a backup server running the backup software. The backup server also held the database and media catalogs and provided the SCSI connection to our tape devices. Click hereto view the distribution […]

Keep Hackers Out: Part Two, Professional Edition

As enterprises lock down their networks with an ever-expanding arsenal of security technologies, hackers have moved on to easier pickings—smaller businesses. Historically, Internet security has been less of an issue for smaller companies, but thats changing. Securing a small- office network now requires several different technologies. Security expert Sanjaya Sood, during a speech at the […]