In the modern era we all know how important it is to have our data safe. With technology involved in our everyday life more than ever we have almost all of our critical information stored in some form of data. So it is very important for us to prevent any kind of data loss. The major causes of data loss are:
• Natural Disaster
• Human Error
• Software Failure
• Viruses
• Mechanical Failure
To prevent data loss due to natural disaster, online backup is the most convenient form of disaster management. Through online backup you send your critical data over the internet to another computer, and this other computer acts as a remote backup. In case of any disaster you connect to that remote computer and restore it. Thus your company is disaster proof. Also the added advantage of online backup is that you need not carry the vital data with you when you are traveling. If you have your data backed up online them you can download them when and where required. This also minimizes the risk of data loss.
Online backup is of two kinds:
• The first form is to download the software provided by the online backup provider, install it in the computer then connect to the internet and transfer all the vital data to the online backup providers server. So if you happen to lose your data all you need to is to connect to the server and download the data. This is suitable when the data is of large volume.
• The second form is the case where you directly connect to the online backup provider website through internet and upload all the data directly to their server. When the data is of less volume then this method is best.
Advantages of Online Backup:
• The cost is less to set up and run than other options.
• No need to buy or maintain hardware.
• It can be completely automated releasing time for more productive tasks.
• Simple to manage, all that is required is to turn it on.
• Some online data backup programs can offer features unavailable in media based backups, such as remote data access and synching.
• All your backup files are available online, from anywhere in the world, at any time.
• All your backup files are encrypted by your computer before sending, and stored in that format ensuring a very high level of security.
