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You can always replace a computer, but your data is irreplaceable!
Case #1
You have an external hard drive or flash drive and your data backups up nightly to it.
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That drive fails and you don't know it until you loose your hard drive and try to access the backup and everything is gone. |
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A file gets corrupted and then that night the bad file is backed up and overwrites the only good copy on the backup drive and now you have nothing. |
Case #2
You have multiple backup drives and you store them in a fireproof safe at night.
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In a robbery, they take your computers and that small safe because they believe anything in there is valuable. |
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Hard drives over heat inside computer all the time. What do you think is going to happen to it when its 1700deg in that burning building? Even at 350deg in that safe the drive will be destroyed and your only hope might be to send it off to a data recovery service for thousands of dollars. |
The proper way to backup:
Absolute Minimum Solution
You should have at least 2 external drives, each of which stores multiple copies of your files and you swap them at least weekly. The drive not being used must be taken off-site so in case of robbery, fire, theft or flood you have another copy of your data.
Recommended Solution
You have at least 2 external drives, each of which stores multiple copies of your files and your swap them at least weekly and take one off-site. You also use a remote backup service to send your data in an encrypted format to be backed up.
Best Option
You have multiple external drives that are swapped daily with only the currently drive being used at your home/office. Other drives are stored off-site and brought in when needed to be swapped. All the data on these drives is encrypted to if someone somehow gets a hold of them, they can not possibly access the data. You also use an encrypted off-site backup service that can put your files back on your network right over the internet in the even a file is deleted or damaged.
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Why should I have my data backed up offsite?
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Automatic. No need to remember to do it
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Theft
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Fire - Tapes and CD's will still melt inside most safes.
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