volumen intermedio

English translation: intermediate volume

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Spanish term or phrase:volumen intermedio
English translation:intermediate volume
Entered by: William Pairman

09:33 Jul 30, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
Spanish term or phrase: volumen intermedio
From a tender from a company offering backup and cloud solutions:

Ante un desastre parcial del CPD principal (por ejemplo el incendio del chasis blade y los servidores blade) se recuperarán los sistemas sobre hardware adicional, utilizando si es posible la información de las cabinas de disco o restaurando backups del volumen intermedio.

"intermediate volume" doesn't sound right, I don't see 'volume' as a countable concrete noun as it is here
William Pairman
Spain
Local time: 07:37
intermediate volume
Explanation:
Don't know why you don't like it. It gets plenty of hits.

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For example:
"In a backup management system, data is copied remotely from a backup source volume to an intermediate volume."
http://patents.justia.com/inventor/hiroshi-wake

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"In computers, a volume is an identifiable unit of data storage that is sometimes (but not always) physically removable from the computer or storage system."
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/volume
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thanks Phil, thanks everyone
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1intermediate volume
philgoddard
4medium capacity
jude dabo
4intermediate storage (unit)
liz askew


Discussion entries: 3





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
intermediate volume


Explanation:
Don't know why you don't like it. It gets plenty of hits.

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Note added at 6 mins (2015-07-30 09:39:28 GMT)
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For example:
"In a backup management system, data is copied remotely from a backup source volume to an intermediate volume."
http://patents.justia.com/inventor/hiroshi-wake

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Note added at 8 mins (2015-07-30 09:41:57 GMT)
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"In computers, a volume is an identifiable unit of data storage that is sometimes (but not always) physically removable from the computer or storage system."
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/volume


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks Phil, thanks everyone

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Sometimes direct is the best option...
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
medium capacity


Explanation:
An appropriate BACKUP MEDIUM CAPACITY is what they are referring to here.You need to store your backups on a device that has sufficient disk capacity.


jude dabo
Local time: 06:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  liz askew: Whichever way you look at it "intermedio" does not translate as "medium"
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
intermediate storage (unit)


Explanation:
from the references

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Manage Administrative Backup and Restore in UE-V 2.x
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn878331.aspx
8 Dec 2014 - All synchronized and any backup data is restored on the device ... The LKG settings let users roll back to an intermediate and stable point ahead ... Templates in the Backup Profile back up these settings to the Settings Storage ...
SAP Backup using Tivoli Storage Manager
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0738432970
Budi Darmawan, ‎Miroslav Dvorak, ‎Dhruv Harnal - 2013 - ‎Computers
MaxDB supports the backup and restore functionality for both data and log areas. ... to Tivoli Storage Manager with direct (no intermediate storage) data transfer.
Unix Backup and Recovery - Page 476 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1565926420
W. Curtis Preston - 1999 - ‎Computers
That is, there is no need to first back up to an intermediate storage area such as a ... as they do regular filesystem backups, allowing a "point-and-click" restore.

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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