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Advantages of Remote Online Backup to Prevent the Need for Data Recovery

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 1. No user intervention is required.  This can be beneficial in more ways than the obvious.  With legacy tape, drive and disk storage devices 1 or more employees need to devote company time to the scheduling and process of daily or weekly backup of multiple points of failure and critical systems.  Moreover it was typically not in the employees job description and being solely responsible for the future of the company in the event of a failure can be emotionally cumbersome.

    2. Remote Backup Facilities are, as defined, offsite.  Although most companies perform some type of backup on the server or workstation level the devices are typically stored onsite and are rarely physically removed to another location.  Ironically this doesn't protect against the most brutal data destroyers: fire, theft and other natural disasters.

    3. Some Remote Backup Services may work to continuously backup more recent versions of your files, thus you will always have access to the most recently stored copy.

    4. Most modern Online Backup Services typically use 128-448 bit encryption and upload and download optimized low bandwidth packages over a secure https connection.

Online backup services are usually priced as a function of the following things:

   1. The total amount of data being backed up.
   2. The number of workstations or servers connecting to the backup service.
   3. The maximum number of versions of each file that are kept.
   4. The level of support the Remote Backup Service provides the client.

The fourth of which has been abandoned by the leaders of the pack to compete in the coveted 'Gigs for the Buck' race.  If you are new to Remote Backup Services having 100 Gigs of space for half the price won't help you much if you are backing up the wrong files or haven't set up the service properly.  There are a few remaining and up-and-comers that cost a bit more, but base their pricing around unsurpassed support and a free remote install.

Xamu Black - Proud Endorser of Remote Online Backups and www.absorb.com



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I found your article interesting and informative. Lots of good ideas.
 
Thanks for sharing, Xamu. And welcome to searchwarp.
 
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