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72  GFI Backup 2011 Glossary
TERM
DEFINITION
DAT
See Digital Audio Tape
Deployment
The act of installing software on to a system, for example, the installation of the
GFI Backup Agent on client computers.
Desktop
applications
Applications installed on the computers where GFI Backup Agent is installed and
which can be backed up by GFI Backup.
Differential Backup
A replace backup type where all the data changed since last full-backup is backed.
Typically, this backup is slower to take but faster to restore.
Digital Audio Tape
The most popular tape format in use at the low end of the tape drive market.
Capacities vary from 72GB to 320GB.
Digital Linear Tape
A proprietary technology owned by Quantum. DLT-V is targeted for small and
medium-sized businesses while DLT-S/SDLT is a high capacity range aimed for
enterprise and larger businesses. DLT-S / SDLT also supports DLT-V for backward
compatibility. DLT includes WORM capability It supports Hardware compression
with a compressed capacity up to 1.6TB per cartridge and also higher data
throughput than DAT drives.
Disaster recovery
The process of recovering and restoring data in the eventuality of a disaster. It is
highly recommended that such a process is planned, audited and tested on a
regular basis.
DLT
See Digital Linear Tape
Encryption settings
The settings that enable GFI Backup to encrypt the data to back up. This includes
the type of encryption (ZIP/AES) and the encryption password.
FTP location
A remote backup destination accessible via the FTP protocol where the files to be
backed up by GFI Backup will be stored.
Full-Backup
A backup type where all the data will be backed up, regardless of whether this data
was previously backed up or not.
Full-Backup
Restore
The complete restore of a backup previously taken.
GFI Backup Agent
A software application deployed on the computers to back up data from that
enables GFI Backup to collect, archive and compress data to a central backup
destination.
GFI LANguard
A GFI application that provides network security scanning and vulnerability
management services. Can be also used to deploy software such as the GFI
Backup Agent. Refer to http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan for more information on GFI
LANguard.
Hot backup
The backup of a database that has not been stopped for backup purposes.
Incremental Backup
A replace backup type where only the data changed in the period between the
backup being taken and the last backup taken is backed. Typically this backup
type is faster to take but slower to restore.
Item level restore
A type of backup restore where only selected files/folders/settings are restored.
LAN folder
A backup destination on a LAN where backups will be saved on the successful
execution of a backup task.
Media Spanning
The process of splitting a backup task across multiple media to backup data which
volume is more than what the media allows.