Backup functionality under Windows Server 2008 fully Transparent

The Windows Server 2008 system, as the most secure server system to date, is often used by people to process and store important data that is very high in security requirements, which can cause fatal damage to the unit, so Windows Server 2008 How does the system ensure that important data is safe? In fact, the Windows Server 2008 system has long been thinking of people, responsive, to provide users with a unique backup function components, good at using this feature we can make the most important data information to the arbitrary backup, restore; In order to help friends to better protect the security of important data, now this article on the Windows Server 2008 system built-in backup functionality for all-round, three-dimensional resolution!

Where Backup functions Shine

Traditional server systems also support data backup and restore capabilities, so is the backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system A simple upgrade or improvement to the previous data backup function? In fact, the backup feature is a completely new, different kind of back-up and restore feature, The feature component is an optional feature in a Windows Server 2008 system that is not automatically installed by default, and is good at using the backup feature, which enables us to efficiently back up and store important data information in the server system, and even to backup the entire operating system. Restores. The backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system is a lot brighter than the traditional data backup restore feature:

1, Faster backup speed

The backup feature in a Windows Server 2008 system is an action object that is a block of data or a disk volume. This feature automatically processes the content to be backed up as a set of data volumes, and each set of data volumes is treated as a separate disk block by the server system, so in the process of backing up data, Backup function is of course the disk block for data transmission, the way the data transmission is very fast, while the traditional data backup, restore function is a normal data file as the operating object, in the transmission of data is also a file a file for transmission, This way of backing up data is naturally not going anywhere soon; it is clear that the backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system backs up the data faster and the backup efficiency is naturally higher.

2, Backup way more flexible

The backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system provides us with a more flexible way to backup, allowing us to make full backups, allowing us to take incremental backups, and even allowing us to customize the appropriate backup method for a particular disk volume in the server system. By default, backup features a full backup, which is suitable for backup storage of the entire server operating system, ensuring that the server system will be able to return to normal operation in a short period of time when problems occur, and that it will not affect the overall performance of the entire system. However, this backup will reduce the speed of data backup, restore, and if the important data to be backed up frequently changes, we can consider the use of incremental backup, because this way will be smart to the previous backup changes in the content of the data back, This will effectively reduce the amount of hard disk space consumption caused by multiple full backups. In a Windows Server 2008 system environment, the backup feature automatically chooses the right way of backing up based on the nature of the data to be backed up, while the traditional data backup Restore feature requires manual setup by the user, which is clearly more flexible to backup.

3, more diverse types of backup

With the growing network bandwidth capacity, the backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system also provides more diverse types of backup storage for the Backed-up users, and we can save the data content directly to other partitions on the local hard drive. You can also save a direct backup of data content to a network folder over a network transport channel, and theoretically even save its backups to any location on your Internet network.

In addition, the backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system also adds support for DVD disc backup; Because the amount of data to be backed up is now increasing, the backup feature allows users to burn the data content directly to a DVD disc to make it easier to carry back the content , users are able to create data backup sets that contain multiple disk volumes at their whim, at that time, the backup feature intelligently uses compression to write data backup sets of multiple disk volumes to the DVD disc at once, but the data backup set of the multiple disk volumes will be restored once the data restore operation is performed later.

4, reduction efficiency more efficient

The backup feature in a Windows Server 2008 system can often intelligently identify the target backup content when restoring previously backed-up data content, whether it is a full or incremental backup, and if you find a full backup, Then the backup feature automatically restores all the data content, and if it is found that incremental backup is used, the backup feature automatically restores the incremental backup content, while the traditional data backup function does not have the purpose of intelligently identifying the backup method when performing the data restore operation, Therefore, when restoring the data information that is backed up in an incremental backup, it is only gradual to restore, and it is obvious that the backup function is more efficient in data reduction.

Install the Backup feature component

As mentioned earlier in this article, the backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system is only an optional system component, which does not have the system components installed by default, mainly considering security factors, after all, the more features opened, the greater the likelihood that the system will encounter security attacks, Also, the backup feature is not a component that must be used during normal operations. When you install the backup feature, you can follow these steps:

First, open the Windows Server 2008 system's Start menu, click the Programs, Administrative Tools, Server Manager options from the pop-up Server Manager console interface, select the features node branch, and then the Add Function button under the target branch. The wizard Settings window, shown in Figure 1, pops up on the system screen.

Second, see if the Backup functionality component in the wizard window is selected, and if not selected, the Backup feature in the Windows Server 2008 system has not been successfully installed, at which point we can uncheck the Backup feature and click the Next button. Then follow the default prompts to continue clicking the Next button until you have completed the installation of the target system components.