The process of reformatting data so it takes less space on your storage medium(s). 

This monitors your AWS estate and gives you some control over the change management, and compliance monitoring. Handy when you have a regulator to worry about.

Consolidated storage connects multiple servers and/or workstations to a centralized array of hard disk drives. This type of storage setup is designed to result in higher availability, manageability, scalability, and performance for the applications these servers support.

The capability of software or hardware to run on different platforms i.e. an application that is compatible with Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

DAS is storage that is directly connected to a server/workstation. This direct connection provides fast access to the data; however, storage is only accessible from that server/workstation. DAS includes the internally attached local disk drives or any other storage medium attached directly.

Data protection is a complex of measures that are used to protect data from being erased, damaged, or destroyed. 

The speed at which data is transmitted from one device to another. Data transfer rates are often measured in megabits per second (Mbps) or megabytes per second (MBps).

A dedicated device has only one function i.e. a backup server that has no other jobs other than to backup data.

A backup of all changes made after the last full backup. The advantage to this is the quicker recovery time, requiring only a full backup and the latest differential backup to restore the system. The disadvantage is that for each day elapsed since the last full backup, more data needs to be backed up.

This creates a direct link between your datacenter and the AWS backbone, so you’re not talking over a VPN or public internet. This is significantly faster than a VPN and more consistent — no more spikes at peak times.