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Data Loss | Types of Backup Solutions | Keystone Remote Backup Solution
Data Loss - Prevention is Better than Cure
“60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster.” - lenovo.com
If your organization suffered a critical data loss incident; would you be able resume operation within 24 hours? Unfortunately most of your peers would have to answer no. Critical means that the immediate result is significant decrease, if not halt, to productivity of the organisation.
Backing up your most valuable asset is paramount. A survey conducted in 2002 by data recovery specialist ‘Ontrack Data Recovery’ found that their customers framed hardware failure as the over whelming cause of data loss. Whilst the real figures still have hardware failure as the major cause, other factors such as Human error and Natural Disasters were found to be more accountable than widely perceived.
Figure - Ontrack Data recovery survey (2002)
Critical data is more than likely irreplaceable. This loss is further compounded with major financial repercussions. Restoring a business to normal operation includes replacement of the failed device and many hours of re-entering data, if the records exist.
So what can be done to alleviate the above scenario? Have a backup plan in place and stick to it.
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Types of Backup Solutions
There are many considerations when determining what backup solution is right for you. These include:
- Media Type - CD/DVD, External Hard Drive, Tape, USB Drives and Networked Storage Devices
- Storage size - from only essential documents to entire system images
- Manual or Automated
- Local or Offsite
- Redundancy - what happens when the backup fails
Keystone systems specialises in assessing our customers individual requirements to provide and implement effective backup solutions. For further information and enquiries please contact us to find out how we can assist you.
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In 1996, during a fire at the headquarters of Credit Lyonnais, a major bank in Paris, system administrators ran into the burning building to rescue backup tapes because they didn't have offsite copies. Crucial bank archives and computer data were lost.
Keystone Systems provides secure offsite backup solutions for Servers, Workstations and Individuals. With our service you are able to back up your data to our data centre space. For more information please click here.
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