Backup and Archival
- Backup is taken for recovering from failures quickly whereas archiving is done to recover from disasters & it will take more time.
- Cloud is all about using some one else’s hardware
- AWS and Azure offer Backup and Archival solutions
What are different storage needs for organization
- Disk Storage: A disk typically is attached to a server
- Network Storage: A disk that is typically mounted on multiple systems with in a network
- Blob Storage: This storage refers to accessing the data over internet with urls
Disks
- A disk typically needs a filesystem to be identified by OS. Windows supports NTFS and linux has many filesystems (ext4, xfs,..)
- In window a disk can be partitioned and drives (C, D..) can be created
- In linux, a disk can be partitioned and mounted
