Lately, alot of clients are relying on redundancy as a means to preserve their data. Using multiple drives in a server or workstation and configuring these drive in what is known as a RAID configuration, is by no means is a backup. Servers commonly use a RAID 1 (mirrored drives) or a RAID 5 (striping) configuration. Any corruption to the data has the chance of being permanently lost. Multiple drive failures, could be fatal to any organization in this situation.
Backups are used to restore critical data that is lost or corrupted. Backups are also necessary if the hard drives that the data is on fails, gets damaged, or even stolen! Data off a failed drive can be recovered 85% of the time by a professional data recovery firm, and 40% of the time by IT service providers.
A backup is a critical component to disaster recovery plan. Most businesses do not have a disaster recovery plan, so after a fire, flood or other disasters. All plans are dependant on the company or organization. Some questions to ask when working on a plan are:
Can I work without my data for more than 96 hours? What will it cost if I need to have an employee or hire someone to re enter lost data? What other disruptions to my work flow will this cause?
Offsite backup is a great way to make sure all your critical data is accessable in a timely manner. This can be as simple as taking a tape home every night, and if something happens, restored on new equipment as quickly as possible.
Not all disasters or scenerios can be planned for, but the knowledable staff at Northern Computer can help you develope a plan to deal with the unexpected.
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
To BackUp or Not to BackUp... That is the question.
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