EduCyber Blog: Internet Marketing, Web Design and Network Support » backup http://www.educyber.com/blog Internet Marketing and Technology Blog Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:57:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Automating Your Backups http://www.educyber.com/blog/automating-your-backups/ http://www.educyber.com/blog/automating-your-backups/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:39:04 +0000 Brian DeLaet http://blog.educyber.com/?p=17 OK. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If your backup systems aren’t automated, they don’t happen. If they don’t happen, when (not if but when) your system crashes, you lose. What can you afford to lose? I spoke with a lady recently who told me about their automated system that backs up all their data on Thursday night. I asked her how bad the damage would be if her system crashed on Wednesday night. Her eyes got wide as she realized that she would spend more than a week re-creating that weeks’ worth of data. And then we talked about how she wouldn’t be bringing in new clients while she was spending time recreating that data.

REGULAR automated backups are crucial! We recommend nightly backups. That way you only lose one day’s worth of data if something bad happens. We also recommend a combination of onsite and offsite backups. Our preferred onsite backup involves a large (depends on your data but 500 GB is a nice size) external USB or FireWire hard drive. The software that you use to accomplish the backup depends on your needs. Most of these drives come with backup software built in and that will work for small or home-based businesses. The most robust (and most expensive) software for backups is Symantec’s Backup Exec. This comes with all kinds of features for backing up a server running Exchange and SQL. Whatever software you use, make sure you can set it to automatically perform the backups at night so you won’t be disturbed or slowed down during the day.

For offsite backups we recommend DataPreserve (and we are agents of Datapreserve so we can handle this for you). For up to 2 GB of data the monthly cost is only $14.95 per month. 2 GB is a lot of data but if you need more there are several different affordable levels available. If you’re really a data hog, you can still backup 20 GB of data for under $50 each month. Imagine the unimaginable happens and your office burns to the ground. While you would have a lot of other concerns, your data would be safe and secure and ready for you to go to work.

Need help with your backups? Call EduCyber for a free consultation at 720-275-4646.

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