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What is a disk-to-disk backup? |
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In backup terms, 'disk' represents a physical hard drive. Disk to disk backups refer to the process of copying files from one hard drive to another for storage/backup purposes.
Compared to other types of backups, disk-to-disk backups are often the fastest and most cost efficient way to backup, store and restore sensitive data.
Disk-to-disk backup is most effective when backing up to a disk on another computer such as a mapped drive or a UNC path on your LAN.
For example, to backup to a computer named server1 in the c:\ of server1, you could simply instruct your backup application to backup to: \\server1\c$\myBackup
The above path is a UNC path and it represents the folder myBackup in the c: drive on the computer with the name server1.
Server1 may be located on your LAN or perhaps via a VPN.
c$ is known as an administrative share. Administrative shares exist on all computers by default (With the exception of Windows XP/Vista Home).
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