Posts Tagged ‘online backup’

Irelands recent flooding hammers home the need for online backup for business

Friday, December 11th, 2009

The recent flooding in Ireland caused huge scale havoc. Apart from these many business faced huge loses due to data loss. In a recent survey it was found that most of these companies followed the traditional way of data backups like magnetic storage tapes. But incase of natural disaster like flood the traditional mode of data backup proved in effective.

To prevent data loss due to natural disaster, online backup is the most convenient form of disaster management. In 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.

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.

There are two kinds of online backup:
• 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.

Free Remote Backup Providers Vs Paid Offerings

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The majority of free backup software provides only basic functionality regarding data backup. Their aim is to automate all actions that are generally done when you back up your files manually. Most of these programs can not be used for hard disk imaging or cloning and don’t support things like hot database backup and recovery. And even if there is a free program that can perform hard disk imaging, it is very unlikely to support files-based backup, scheduling, and other necessary features that a commercial backup software provides. Paid backup software offer much richer choice of supported storage media. Many enterprises back up their data on magnetic tape, and tape streamers require programming of the appropriate drivers which is a very complicated task. Even, integration of a mere DVD burning tool is not easy. So, most free backup software do not have this facility. Lack of support is probably the weakest place of free backup software. When you purchase a program, you expect to be sure that in case of a problem, you will receive qualified help and answers to your questions. With free applications there is no such opportunity. You never know if it will conflict with other software you may install or if it will continue working if you decide to move to another system? Another point to ponder is today’s worldwide migration to Windows Vista, which is not supported by majority of free backup software. If you are planning to upgrade to Vista, because 95% of new hardware produced today is meant for it, you will inevitably have to use commercial backup software.

Regarding online storage, there is free online storage available, as also paid online storage providers. With free online storage, you may not get as much disk space as you might need. If you have a large amount of files, you might not be able to back up all the files. Additionally, some free online storage providers don’t support all types of files. Some free online storage providers, might be using a slower transfer rate that normal online storage providers, with the result it will take a lot longer to backup and transfer your files using a free online storage provider.

Also sometimes free online storage providers will have a lot of downtime, which can really be an inconvenience to you when you need to access your files. Lastly, but most important, you take a huge risk when using free online storage providers. Free online storage providers go out business often and then you lose your files.

Online Backup

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The number of internet users is increasing everyday in geometrical progression throughout the world. As a result, the data loss events are becoming more challenging to prevent. This problem of losing valuable data is more common in Information Technology; Information Technology enabled services and communication sectors. A recent survey has showed that more than two-third of the total number of internet users have suffered from important data loss. What is the solution to this serious problem?

The right solution is Online Backup. Backup means creation of duplicate copies of the original files and restoration of the duplicate copy to a safe storage unit. By doing this, you can serve two purposes. If files get affected, corrupted or deleted accidentally, you can recover them through your backup system with ease. Another advantage is – if your system faces a disaster unfortunately, your backup is the only reliable way to recover your valuable data that you might have lost due to your computer-crash. This method is called Disaster Recovery (DR), in technical terminology.

Data storage is a key component of your backup system. The modern data storage devices are very useful to make backups. Hence, a proper management of online backing-up process and storage space allocation is required. The other important factors for online backup are – data privacy and security, data redundancy and portability.

The Backup Vault offers you a redundant remote storage solution. There are a few companies who rely on the long term use of electromagnetic storage tapes and other ordinary techniques to manage a data loss event. But the rotating electromagnetic tapes are prone to data corruption and its management, verification and rotation mechanism is quite time consuming.

In case of Online Backups, the Backup Vault features a few unique advantages that give it a winning edge over other conventional methods. Let us have a look at the benefits offered by Backup vault:
1. Data Security- before sending to the data centers, the backup data are encrypted. The Backup Vault management can’t see the actual data but manages the security and optimal availability of the data.
2. Powerful Protection- The Backup vault online storage provides disaster recovery facilities without any upfront investment. We will charge you a low and predictable monthly fee and in exchange, you will reap the benefits of our reliable and state-of-the-art services.
3. Offsite Data Storage- The Backup Vault data centers store your valuable data and organize a quicker and easier data restoration procedure online.
4. Affordable Ownership Cost- We keep your Total Cost of ownership low due to our extremely efficient management of the backup processes, near-zero downtime, distributed datacenters and efficient cluster management.
Sign up today and enjoy the benefits of online backups with Backup Vault online storage solution.

Safe Secure Data = Remote Data Backup

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Remote online data backup is the best solution for guaranteeing the safety of your data. Traditional methods of backing up are complex, time consuming and fraught with problems.
Why use remote data backup?
It’s so easy – it allows you to get on with your business. A team of professionals use state of the art technology to ensure your data is safe and secure. Business and personal files are backed up remotely and securely.
Why choose Remote Online Backup over other backup methods?
Other methods of backing up data are problematic. A lot can go wrong including CDs/ DVDs becoming corrupted, hard-drives crashes that render FTP servers inaccessible. Remote online backup eliminates all of these complications.
Security Issues with Remote Data Backup
The security issues surrounding Remote Data Backup are resolved by using military level data encryption. You create the password and it is only those with the password (you and anyone you give the password to) that can access the data. Nobody including the operators of the remote online data backup service can access your data.
Given the obvious advantages of remote online backup it has take the business world by storm. Having passed the early adoption stage it is set to become the norm for companies worldwide.

Importance of Online Backup and it’s advantages.

Monday, August 24th, 2009

We all need to backup our computer data, either at home or in the office, it is estimated that almost one hard drive in ten fails every year, many people are also aware of the damage that viruses and malware can cause and the need to have a proper backup in place for protection against such events. Online backup offers the best protection against these type of problems. Online backup is simply an automatic method of offsite data storage where the entire contents of hard drive are backed up to a secure remote server over the internet either continuously, or at a predefined schedule. Online backup providers play an important role as they provide file and data protection for you or and your companies data.

The main advantages of using online backup are:

  1. All of your data is stored securely, in an encrypted offsite archive, available 24X7X365.
  2. You can backup all kind of files and applications.
  3. Setup and installation is simple and easy.
  4. It is possible to restore your data to other computer and location at
    any time.
  5. Your files, databases, pictures and music will be backed up
    automatically.
  6. No need to have any equipment and storage devices.
  7. Online backup services are easier as well as cheaper to use.

As there are many of the advantages, one should be careful in choosing the best service providers. As smaller business firms can backup data online with ease, the challenge comes in selecting from the local and commercial providers, and finding a vendor for your company who can be trusted with your company’s important data.